Second Lieutenant R H Hose [X550/1/81]
Friday 16th March 1917 from
our correspondent in the field
Whilst 7th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, were struggling to take the Bihucourt Line
south of Achiet-le-Petit yesterday, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment was at
Agny south-west of Arras.
At 10.30 pm last
night the 18th Battalion King’s (Liverpool) Regiment carried out a raid on
enemy trenches on the Bedfords’ left. The Bedfords were also supposed to carry
out a silent raid (that is, one without artillery support) at same hour.
Frustratingly, this had to be cancelled, as the patrols which went out under
Second Lieutenant A Stone and Second Lieutenant C.Shekury reported that
trenches where gaps had been made were wired in and that sap heads were not
held and also wired in. This barbed wire thus prevented any ingress to the
enemy trenches.
In the end,
the artillery, barraged the flanks of raid which was to have taken place as
well as the enemy’s support line. The enemy retaliated with 77 mm shells which
did very little damage and inflicted no casualties.
During the
day Second Lieutenant R H Hose of 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, joined
the Battalion. Six other ranks also joined from Base Camp.
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