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Sunday 25 March 1917

March 25, 2017 by jbushey

Tis Sunday & we don’t know it. All day long & into evening there is very heavy shelling.  We have the upper hand & shell him along the line as far as the eye can see.  I go to Empire Redoubt.  Narrowly escape a shell which burst close to me.

Pont St. a good trench now a broken mass & all in the course of an hour. Previous to this I had walked down it when the 1st shell struck it with a passion.

Two red machines up today but they do not engage ours.

Heavy bombardment on our left @ 8 to 10 pm.

*A “redoubt” is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort. It may be constructed of earthworks, stone or brick. And may be a permanent structure or a hastily-constructed temporary fortification.

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