Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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126-134. Enemy threw 4. HE shrapnel over
128 - sprinkled the trench with a phosphorescent substance.
135-142. Intermittent shelling during day & night
Six minenwerfer bombs at 138 -139. Rifle fire heavy during morning.
A solid steel bulet 3/4" in length pierced the parapet at Essex Farm. - Nickel coating apparently torn off.
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915.