Wednesday 11th October 1916 From our Correspondent in the Field
This
afternoon the 2nd Bedfords have moved their position from that shown yesterday
to the one shown in pink above, where they have replaced 17th Battalion, King’s
(Liverpool) Regiment. They have, effectively, moved directly to the left. During the
night a party under 2nd Lieutenant L H Walker will dig an assembly trench for
the attack on Gird Trench and its environs tomorrow. During the move today five men were killed
and seven wounded.
Tomorrow the
Battalion has the job of advancing in four waves to capture Bite Trench shown
on the map above.
Second Lieutenant L H Walker
Meanwhile,
7th Battalion has been receiving reinforcements to make good the gaps incurred
at Thiepval and the Schwaben Redoubt. Today 158 men arrived from England “all
of which were well equipped, of good physique, and a marked improvement on
previous drafts, except they have no marching powers” as the Adjutant, Captain
Bridcutt informed me.
Today the
Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, visited the battalion’s billets. He
chatted with many of the officers and men as he passed from one place to
another. The adjutant explained: “No inspection parade was arranged as he
wished to pay a visit to a unit carrying on in the ordinary way. Major Mills is
in charge of the Battalion as its colonel, G D Price, is in temporary command
of 54th Brigade.
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