A Fortess Completed

Friday 12th February 1915: the Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion tells us that it is now possible for the first time to move all along the trenches occupied by the Battalion by day. The Battalion is south-west of Fleurbaix, itself south-west of Armentières, at the moment where the ground is almost completely flat. This gives the enemy a clear view making it suicide to be seen out in the open.

Up to this point part of the front line, presently occupied by Captain Shearman with C Company, has been isolated from the remainder, with no safe, deep, trench between them. This, of course, has rendered them very vulnerable to an enemy attack which, fortunately, has not taken place. Now, with better, drier weather, it has been possible to dig a trench of sufficient depth between the two points to give a continuous front line.

Source: X550/3/wd