War Diaries Talk

Punishment fire

  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    Is this what otherwise is called a retaliation?

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    Yes, it is. Both terms refer to trying to silence the enemy's artillery or trench mortars, as the 1:30 p.m. entry states, as well as firing at the enemy's trenches in response to enemy shelling of British trenches.

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