Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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BC Archives MS-0392 - Box 1, Volume 4-5
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August 13. - French progress south-west of Estrees. Germans gain a temporary footing in portion of captured trenches west of Pozieres. Italian advance east of the Isonzo; enemy line pierced east of Nad Logem (Hill 212); 800 prisoners taken. H.M. Destroyer Lassoo torpedoed or mined off the Dutch coast, and sinks.
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916.
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