Sept 4th – 13th

Nothing very much happened during this period but the usual digging and ration fatigues. We witnessed a rather exciting air fight here over the German lines; four Bosche planes were up when a Frenchman appeared on the scene and gave fight; they tried to get away but were chased and one of them brought down; the Germans were firing at the Frenchman the whole time with their anti aircraft guns but he didn’t seem to mind them in the least; we counted over three hundred shells burst in the air around him, and at last unfortunately they hit his tail; he brought his machine down alright, but whether over our own lines or the enemies we weren’t sure.