Sunday 19th September 1915: The adjutant of the 7th Bedfords, Captain Meautys, has sent us another tactical report. Just before dusk yesterday there was the usual desultory artillery fire. Rapid rifle fire opened on at 6.45pm and at about same time the enemy fired four small rifle grenades from a trench in front of Fricourt. No damage was done and we replied with rifle fire(1).
It seems that the enemy work in two reliefs, or shifts, one of which snipe more and are more active than the other. A red flash occurred away on the Battalion’s left just after midnight – cause unknown.
Source: X550/8/1
(1) Both sides tended to shoot at one another at dawn and dusk. These were known as the morning and evening “hates” and seem to have been done to remind the men they were at war rather than letting them settle into too comfortable routine.
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