Monday 8th May 1916: The adjutant of the 1st Battalion,
in the front line near Arras, tells us that yesterday: “At 3 p.m. the enemy
started a heavy bombardment of our front line, keeping it up, intermittently
heavy to fairly heavy, from 4.30 to 5.30 when it became intense and ceased at 6
p.m. Our artillery retaliated. It was thought that enemy were retaliating on
our mine heads in return for 2 shoots on their mineheads and the camouflets(1)
we blew. Probably all these had done his mines harm. The New Zealand Engineers
Tunnelling Company has been working this sector for the last month or two”.
The Battalion
suffered eight casualties, all very slightly wounded. The adjutant reported: “All
ranks very steady and cheery. Congratulatory messages from Brigadier and
Commanding Officer sent round the Battalion”.
Source: X550/2/5
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