Text translated into English reads:

"...We are here near ALBERT, I am in the foremost line, about 200 metres opposite the British. We have Australians in front of us here, they are very quick and cunning. They creep up in the night like cats to our trenches so that we don't notice them. Last night they were in our trench and killed two men and dragged one away with them...."

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