Thursday 18th November 1915: The adjutant of the 2nd Bedfords
tells us that they have been told that towards the end of the month their
division, 7th, will be withdrawn from I Corps, 1st Army and will join 3rd Army
which was created in July under the command of General Sir Charles Munro and is
now commanded by General Sir Edmund Allenby. The message received goes on: “Its
place in the line will, in all probability, be taken by a new and inexperienced
Division, who will have little idea of the difficulties of trench warfare in
winter time. The General Officer Commanding hopes that no effort will be spared
to hand over our present lines in such condition that our successors on arrival
may start their campaign under favourable conditions”.
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