Sunday 5th
August 1917
Today the
Germans again attacked the hamlet of Hollebeke and, again, managed to take it,
but were again driven out by 41st Division,. This time with help from 19th (Western)
Division. However, another German attack, on 24th Division, managed to capture
part of that formation’s front line near Shrewsbury Forest. Such piecemeal
attacks might suggest that the enemy does not have the strength for an all-out
counter-attack against the whole of our newly advanced line and so is picking
places he thinks are likely to be most susceptible.
The men of
the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, near the front line at Railway
Dugouts spent today improving the path at the foot of an embankment and built an
esplanade along a pond to assist in troop movements. Eight scouts and two
runners per company and Headquarters reconnoitred the route up to the Hooge
Tunnel dug-outs (at the place on Menin Road where it suddenly turns south-east
after going east in a straight line) where their Headquarters are to be for the
pending operations. Major Bridcutt DSO and the Adjutant are attending a
conference at Brigade Headquarters as I write these lines to discuss the
general principles of the intended attack.
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