Very little shelling or sniping. Wet all day. No casualties.
4th January: TRENCHES – ST YVES
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3rd January: TRENCHES – ST YVES
Little sniping during the night. Wet all day. Hostile shelling at intervals. Our guns made good shooting on the AVENUE. 1 killed C Coy [Company].
2nd January: TRENCHES – ST YVES
No sniping all day. Weather very showery. Work on digging trenches continued. No casualties.
1915 1st January: LA CRECHE
Relieved 2nd R.DUBLIN FUS at ST YVES in evening. C &D Coys [companies] start digging new trenches. Poured with rain in evening & during the night.
31st December: LA CRECHE
Miserable wet day. Major Poole went to 2nd Battalion to take command. Very quiet.
30th December: LA CRECHE
Battalion went by Coys [companies] to NIEPPE to Bath & clean clothing issued. Remainder of day spent on cleaning up
29th December: POINT 63
Quiet day. “A” Coy found working party for Royal Engineers. Moved to LA CRECHE in evening.
28th December: TRENCHES – ST YVES
Wet day. Our wire strengthened a great deal during last night. Quiet day. Relieved at night by 2nd R.Dublin Fusiliers & marched to PT 63.
27th December: TRENCHES – ST YVES
No sniping. A few “Whizz Bangs” on D Coy trenches. 1 wounded.
26th December: TRENCHES – ST YVES
Unofficial truce kept up & our fellows intermingled still with the Germans. No rifle shots fired but our Artillery fired a few rounds on the Germans 3rd & 4th lines & Germans retaliated with few rounds on D Coys [company’s] trenches. 2 wounded.