Quiet day. Snipers active. Trenches improved.
1st October – LE MONSEL
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27th August Thursday
LE CATELET – 3.30 a.m.
No entry for today. The diary is then left blank for the following half page and the seven following full pages – both sides. At the top of the second blank page the date ‘1st Sept’ is faintly written. Continue reading
26th August – Wednesday
Battalion halted at 5 a.m. near village of HAUCOURT. Half an hour after halting Battalion was shelled with shrapnel & at the same time the King’s Own and Lancs Fusiliers (12th Brigade) were surprised & came under heavy M. Gun Rifle & Shell & suffered heavily.
25th August Tuesday – BEAUMONT
Roused at 1 a.m. & Battalion left Bivouac 1.30. Marched till 5 a.m. & then halted for breakfast. Heard gunfire in the distance. Saw Allies Aeroplane pass over.
24th August Monday
Arrived LE CATEAU at 11 p.m. & disentrained. Marched to BEAUMONT about 6 Kilometres and bivouacked. Told we are 60 miles from the fighting. Everyone excited & eager.
23rd August Sunday – Boulogne
Disembarked 4 a.m. & marched to Camp situated on Hill on outskirts of town. Resting. Issue of Maps. Paraded at 7 p.m. & marched to Station and entrained. Had great send off from inhabitants of the Town. Train left at 11 p.m.
August 22nd Saturday – Southampton
Arrived 5 a.m. and embarked on S.S.CALEDONIA. Arrived Boulogne 10.30 p.m.
A Diary of the European War 1914, 15, 16
1914
August 21st Friday. Harrow
Left Camp at 11 p.m. and entrained.
The first entries of Beck’s diary, August 1914. DHC ref: D-1820/1/7