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� 2 is to take a trench away from the G--, rifle fire, all kinds of shells from big guns and little, then the machine guns, facing them. [following words underlined] and I am still smiling and pegging away [previous words underlined]. They thinned us out quite a bit, but we are still here, and thinking about getting out of this part of the line, The deafness I spoke about is still hanging on, cannot hear anybody speak to me in an ordinary tone of voice, but I think it will pass off gradually, but it makes me kind of nervous all the same. Yesterday we all watched a G-- aeroplane come down, the machine