Saturday 6th
October 1917
Although
there has been little to write about today at Ypres we have again heard from
the 1st/5th Battalion in Palestine. Yesterday in the front line near Gaza passed
without incident. But at six o’clock in the evening patrols were again sent
out, commanded by Second Lieutenants Dennis, Phillips and Sowden. They had the
same objectives as the previous night, to lure the enemy into a trap. In the
event Second Lieutenant Dennis’ patrol had to withdraw under heavy fire and on
arrival back at the trench he and Sergeant Clifford were found to be missing.
The other two patrols did a lot of shooting at bodies of Turkish infantry, but
it is not known with what result(1).
Source: X550/6/8
(1) Sergeant
Clifford is listed as killed on 5th October and he is buried in Gaza War
Cemetery. Lieutenant Dennis is not listed on the Commonwealth War Graves site
and so was probably taken prisoner.
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