A & D Coys found Working Parties under R.E. in Evening. B & C Coys worked on improving billets in Colincamps.

Working party found. Half Battalion bathed in afternoon.

Working party as for 4^th. Half Battalion bathed in afternoon.

Working party as yesterday.

Battalion found working party on the trenches. Battalion beat 2^nd R. Dublin Fusiliers 3-0 at Football in Lambton Cup.

Battalion spent day drying and cleaning.

Hostile artillery quiet all day, our guns shelled the enemy’s front line. Relieved by 10^th R.Irish R, at 8 pm. relief not completed until 5.30 am. (3^rd) owing to state of trenches. Coys moved to Billets in MAILLY- MAILLET.

Quiet day. Officers Patrol went out and reconnoitred [sic] the were [sic] round the Salient. C.S.M. Dodd killed late in the evening.

Weather cleared up but every thing in a terrible state of mud. Front line very bad. A lot of men at work but a very uphill fight to keep pace. Lieuts F.N.H. Beamish, R.M. Spencer, R.W. Gorton, E.J.H. Mannsell joined on posting.

Poured with rain all day. Trenches fell in & made impassable , but men kept cheerful. Very little activity, all busy baling.