Foggy morning & very quiet. Battalion relieved by 1^st King’s Own Lancaster Regt. At at 8 pm. & Battalion marched to billets at MAILLY-MAILLET. One blanket per man issued.

Heavy shelling heard from direction of ARRAS. Quiet day. Less sniping than usual.

Rained all day.

German guns active most of day & Trench Mortars active. & Trench Mortars active. One bomb fell in B Coy’s trench knocking in one dugout. 1 killed 4 wounded. German 5.9s busy between 5 & 6 pm. but did no damage. Our heavies retaliated in the SALIENT with effect. Stormy in morning.

Quiet night and day. More German sniping than usual. Capt.Hesketh Pritchard came up during the afternoon to do some sniping accounting for one German. Fine day.

Quiet day. G.O.C.IV Divn Major General Hon.Lambton inspected the Trenches in afternoon. German Howitzers fire single shots from 9 to 10 pm. Fine day. One man killed by sniper.

Quiet day, A little more shelling by the Germans in the morning, but little damage. German Aircraft active. Fine & cold.

Quiet night & day. Germans fired a few Trench Mortar bombs at D Coy without damage. Snipers not very active. Patrols sent out but report nothing unusual. German Aeroplane brought down near HEDEAUVILLE about 8.30 am. Fine clear day & getting much colder.

Battalion proceeded to trenches & relieved 1^st King’s Own Regt. Quiet relief very wet, rained all day. Patrols sent out & reported German Trenches held as usual. A & B & D front line. C Coy in Reserve.

Battalion practiced [sic] attack near Bartrancourt. Capt.C.W.C.Wasey left to join the 2^nd Battalion.

Coys marched to BETRANCOURT & practiced [sic] Attack Formation. Heavy rain in afternoon.