Monday 11th December 1916: From our Correspondent in the Field
The 8th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, is in the front line at
Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée. The adjutant told me this evening that the Germans are
up to their old tricks again – trying to occupy some of their old trenches near
one of the mine craters on the Bedfords’ front.
At dawn and
dusk, when both sides “stand to” whispering, coughing and stamping of feet have
been heard from that point, so close are the front lines here. It will be
interesting to see if a trench raid or attention from Stokes mortars and rifle
grenades is directed to this area in the near future.
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