Friday 5th May 1916: Yesterday morning, about 3 am, the
6th Battalion, at Monchy-au-Bois, underwent a raid by the Germans. Details are
sketchy but 66 men are reported to be casualties, with eight missing, no doubt
taken prisoner.
The 2nd Battalion,
also in the front line, but further south at Maricourt on the Somme, report an
active morning yesterday. At 9.15 a.m. one of our aeroplanes attacked and
brought down an enemy aeroplane, which fell in the enemies lines. Our plane
dived almost to the ground in doing so, but managed to get back to our own
lines although flying at only 300 feet above the German trenches.
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