Coys [companies] reorganised. Battalion rested. ‘B’ Coy 5^th BORDER REGT. joined for instruction.

Arrived in Bivouac 3 a.m. commenced to rain at 6 am. & rained hard all day. Continue reading →

Shelled with heavies from 2 till 6 pm. but little damage done. Orders received to be relieved. 9^th LANCERS arrived at 9 pm and took over our line. Battalion marched to VLAMERTINGHE WOOD.

Shelled in morning & again from 6 to 7pm & intermittently during the day. A good many Germans seen moving on FRESENBURG RIDGE at dusk. Orders received for us to be relieved but were afterwards cancelled. Fine.

Improved & cleaned up trenches, got settled in at 4 am. Heavily shelled during the day especially “C” Coy on left. 4 killed 3 wounded.

Quiet morning. About 2 pm Enemy bombarded our trenches & continued till 6 pm. Part of line where no trench existed fell back & reformed in wood behind. “C” & “D” Coys held on & at dusk Trenches were reoccupied & strengthened. At midnight the Welch Regt. took over our line & we took over their position in the G.H.Q. [General Head Quarters] trench, in Support.

A quiet day. YPRES shelled very heavy as usual.

A quiet day, only a few Shrapnel fell in our area, Fine & warm.

Resting. Very little shelling into our area. 2^nd Lieuts.C.H.Morris, T.D.Dixon, F.D.Elkington, & G.Crawford-Wood and 410 Other Ranks arrived at 11pm from 3^rd Battalion. A fair lot of men.