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War Diary
29 July 1915
8.30am to 9.30am
Bombardment of trenches 74 and 75 by German heavy gun about 300 yards away. Trench 75 garrisoned by C Coy, blown in near house 7, and 2 men Privates Heard and Medley killed in C Coy, also three men wounded. Gun appears to be the same which fired 3 shells into the Asylum on the 27th.
9pm to 6pm
Work on parapets and new dugouts continued.