Tuesday 5th
October 1915: The Bedfordshire Yeomanry have finished the unpleasant task of
clearing a trench on the Loos battlefield. The adjutant tells us that the
previous night was a bright, starlit night and bitterly cold. Work began at
9.15 yesterday morning. The firing step was finished and an elbow rest of
sandbags was built wherever possible.
The yeomen
were again shelled intermittently all day. Lower down the line a shell dropped among
the 9th Lancers, causing five or six casualties. During the morning 19th
Hussars found a live German concealed in a dugout. He had apparently been
stunned by a bomb and lain there in a semi-conscious condition for several
days. He recovered sufficiently to be able to carry his captors’ kit down to
the buses when the Brigade moved out. This move was carried out without loss
soon after sunset and then Bedfordshire Yeomanry returned to billets arriving
about 2.30 this morning.
Thank you. This is very helpful and interesting.
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