Fine day.”C” Coy [Company] shelled again. Quiet day and night all round. 1 casualty.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
9th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Dull day. Little shelling and sniping. Terrific gun fire on our left. Hamilton’s Farm shelled & burnt. “C” Coy [Company] shelled. 1 casualty. Cold day.
8th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Foggy morning. Battle still raging on left round LE GHEER. 11th Brigade engaged. Quiet on our front. Little shelling and sniping. 1 killed 5 wounded.
7th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Fog again. Quiet morning. “A” Coy shelled in afternoon. Big battle on left. 1 casualty.
6th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Foggy morning. Snipers active. Some shelling and sniping in afternoon. Colonel Booth went sick and Major Poole took command.
5th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Our guns shelled German trenches in morning. Very little shelling by enemy. Thick fog at night. Quiet. 1 casualty.
4th November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Foggy morning. Snipers active. “A” Coy shelled throughout the day. 2 casualties. Quiet night. Very wet.
3rd November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
Fine. Sniping incessant. 2 killed 1 wounded. Foggy at night. Regiment “stood too” [to] at 1 at A.M. but nothing happened.
2nd November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
“A” Coy [Company] shelled a good deal. Sniping as usual. Our guns very quiet. One casualty.
1st November: Trenches – HOUPLINES
“A” Coy [Company] shelled most of the day. No casualties from shelling. Sniping incessant. Lieut Bamber and one man wounded. Germans shelled H.Q.Farm & set it alight. Quiet night. Big battle raging in the north.