A British 6 inch howitzer at IWM Duxford
Tuesday 16th November 1915: With some wry amusement, as there is
often little love lost between infantry and artillery, the adjutant of the 2nd
Battalion tells us that the divisional artillery has complained of their men
using the la Bassée Road as far as a barricade at a certain point where there
are artillery observation posts. Apparently this means the posts are liable to
shell fire by the enemy, which cannot be tolerated so the infantry must go
another way. Of course shell fire in their position is something the
infantryman in the front line knows all about!
The adjutant
of the 6th Battalion tells us that two inches of snow fell last night. In order
to avoid the debilitating condition of trench foot, where men can lose toes or
whole feet to gangrene, their socks are being sent out of the trenches to be
dried and the men’s feet rubbed with oil. Later today the men are to go back
behind the lines to bathe.
Sources: X550/3/wd; X550/7/1
Sources: X550/3/wd; X550/7/1
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