Wednesday 19th
July 1916 From our Correspondent in the Field
Early this
morning 3rd (Transvaal) Battalion, South African Battalion in Delville Wood
suffered an attack from the rear which succeeded in capturing nearly two
hundred of their number. The remaining battalion members seem to have been
killed meaning that the formation has, effectively, ceased to exist. An attack
by Scottish battalions of 9th Division into the wood was repulsed by the strong
point in the north-west corner of the wood. Their failure to capture this on
the first day of their attack has been quite deadly to the South Africans. The
situation in Delville Wood now looks very grave. There is a feeling that the
sacrifice of the men from the veldt must not be allowed to be in vain and there
seems a quiet determination amongst those in the army to avenge them and their
Scottish comrades.
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