Second Lieutenant Fink [X550/1/81]
Thursday 29th June 1916: Something the adjutant of the 2nd
Battalion let slip today tells us the great push on the Somme should have begun
this morning. However, it has been very wet for the past two days, so the
ground was not optimum for a speedy advance. This suggests a couple of days
will be allowed for the ground to dry which further suggests that the attack
may begin on or around 1st July.
Second
Lieutenant L. H. Walker and ten men carried out a very successful
reconnaissance of the enemy lines during the night. The patrol penetrated into
enemy support line and returned with very useful information. Second Lieutenant
L. A. Fink and twelve men also
reconnoitred then enemy front line trenches. Unfortunately Corporal Thurgood
and six men lost touch and did not return which probably means they have been
captured.
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