Saturday 24th March 1917 from
our correspondent in the field
During the
pursuit of the retreating Germans the East Anglian Royal Engineers have not
been idle, as we heard on 13th March. They have been working in the vicinity of
the village of Sapignies, north-west of Bapaume.
A tool cart
and limber was sent to No 1 section at Sapignies via Bapaume. Then the Company
(less one section detailed as an advanced guard) received orders to move to
Sapignies as Royal Engineers of the main guard, formed by 6th Infantry Brigade,
on 2nd Division advance.
The Company
arrived (via Bapaume) at Sapignies and cleared roads around two mine craters,
shown as red x's on the map above. They also removed the wire obstacles across the
road marked by the blue cross. Their division was then relieved by 18th
Division bringing them, once more, into close contact with 7th Bedfords, though
whether old friends were able to spend time together is doubtful as everyone is
working at high pressure to ensure that the German retreat is followed as
closely as possible.
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