Trench 127 Ploegsteert "PlugSt" 58 Sets 8h. 14m.] JULY,1915. [Day 16h. 18m. long

THURSDAY 8 [189-176] Tenof us Tonight setting ouT banks wire entanglements "Tripwire " pattern (small drawing) - 10" high in long grase

                                                                            Ran ouT of sTakes and 
                                                                            goT home early. I am          Tremendous raTTle                                          of musketry + TuT-TuT

of machine guns To The right - German flares conTinuous buT long grass screens us. Hear laTer firing is a blind, deering which a German sap is exploded

FRIDAY 9 [190-175] Fire Insurance expires Trench 127 LefT for Trenches Tonight - in front line in new Trench (large drawing of trench)

                    Firing Plats              Firing plats                    galvanized iron sandbags

Traverse dugout wood float

On guard '2 one' + 4 off. "Stand To aT                                              <- 6' -->       18"

230 To 330 Dan McGregor, Jack Ensch, (Killed Oct 15) MiTchell + J hold This Traverse - room for Three of us To sleep aT a Time -- Everything holds quiet.

SATURDAY 10 [191-174] 28th Week Oxford Trinity Term Ends Foggy and misty until 7am. - kept 'sTanding' Too 230am. To 7am - 'rapid fire' ordered - CapT. Wood exceedingly nervous _ anticipating an aTTack. (CapT From our Traverse can only see The high grass Wood Wnd. SepT killed on a little ridge 150'in front - German Trenches 250yds, buT snipers firing from Trees along The "Avenue" Not safe To expose The heads for more Than a moment. BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1 Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915