Wednesday
15th September 1915: Captain Meautys, adjutant of the 7th Bedfords, has told us
about patrols sent out by his Battalion into no-man’s-land after dark last
night. This was after the Germans had levelled thirty yards of our front line
and forty yards of communication trench by a sharp bombardment. Two shells
fired during the bombardment gave out a very pungent smoke like phosphorus but
had no evil effect as men passed through the fumes. Repairs were carried out
under cover of darkness.
One of the
Battalion’s patrols got right up to the enemy's trip wire and voices were heard.
This patrol reported that rifles are fired at regular intervals, and are of an
opinion that all rifles are fixed at regular intervals down the trench and are
fired by anyone passing.
Other patrols
sent out during the night passed along enemy's front at a distance of about 60
yards away and reported hearing nothing. They are of opinion that the line is
very lightly held and bear out the opinion of the first patrol about the
enemy's rifle fire, which would be a ruse to make the trench seem more strongly
held.
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