Wednesday 23rd February 1916: The adjutant of the 2nd Battalion at
Maricourt tells us that there was a heavy snowstorm yesterday which at least
meant that the guns were silent. At dusk, however, the Germans made an attack
on 7th Division, the division to which the battalion used to belong and which
is now stationed on their left flank. The attack was preceded by an intense
bombardment lasting half an hour. Heavy rifle and machine gun fire prevented
the Germans getting a foothold in our trenches. “Those of the enemy who left
their own trenches did not return” the adjutant told us with some satisfaction.
No gas was used because it was too cold. The adjutant opined that this was
probably the attack they had been warned to expect on 14th February, though
directed against a different part of the line.
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