Sunday 10th
September 1916: From our Correspondent in
the Field
This morning
56th (London) Division, having attacked north from Leuze Wood attacked
south-east from the wood, but met with such a wall of machine gun fire that the
attack was stopped in its tracks. This afternoon a second attempt has, we
understand, fared no better, this time heavy artillery bombardment being the
cause.
Lieutenant O A R Beale
The 1st
Battalion have not left the Somme area so quickly as we had anticipated. Today
one hundred tired men found a working party at Grovetown Station near
Morlancourt, loading and unloading supplies. We have heard that a draft of 67
other ranks has arrived as replacements for those killed. Captain M W Halford
has joined the battalion from 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment as
second-in-command after the death of Major Lawder on 4th September. Lieutenant
O A R Beale tells me he has become the Acting Adjutant.
Source: X550/2/5
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