Battalion route march via HARPONVILLE & CLAIRVILLE.

Men clean up. Inspection of kits , etc. Colonel Forster sent congratulatory message to 2^nd Warwicks on Private Vickers winning the V.C.

Quiet day. 3 heavy bombs fell behind bB Coy without damage. Battalion relieved at 7 pm. by 10^th R. Irish Rifles. Relief completed by 8 pm. and Battalion marched to billets at ACHEUX. Fine.

Worked hard on trenches. Foggy day, little activity. Our Heavy Guns fired in the afternoon with good effect. Officers of 10^th R.Irish Rifle visited trenches in afternoon.

Germans more active than usual. 4 mortar Bombs were dropped near the CATTACOMB [sic]- a few casualties. Our 4.2s shelled the FAN REDOUBT with good effect. All men working hard but front line & MONK TRENCH in a bad condition. A hard frost, fine day.

Fine & frosty. Work on trenches still in progress. Party of R. Irish Fus came to help, but not much headway made. MONK TRENCH impassable. More sniping than usual. Artillery quiet.

Another heavy fall of snow in morning with a frost. Everyone at work fighting the weather. Difficult to make any headway owing to mud being so thick. Officers of 10^th R. Irish Rifles visited trenches with a view to taking over. Very quiet day. Enemy fired a few H.E.Field Gun Shells. Some storms of rain during the day.

Started to snow hard at 4 am. Trenches in an awful state, a large portion of front line fallen in. Quiet day, very little sniping. Germans as busy on trenches as we were. Fine day & very cold.

Church Parade at 11 am. Battalion marched to Trenches at 4.40pm. & relieved 2^nd Monmouthshire Regt.. Trenches bad & relief took a long time. 1 Coy of R.. Irish Rifles (36^th Ulster Division) on right. Continue reading →

Working Party as for yesterday. Coys bath at Acheux. Wet day.