Tuesday 13th
November 1917
The 1st
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment is back in the front line near Polygon
Racecourse. Over much of the battlefield at present the front line consists not
of trenches and barbed wire but shellholes, scrapes in the earth, concrete
pillboxes and blockhouses and advanced posts. During the day the Bedfords have
sought to improve their temporary home, making it more habitable and stronger
against attack. They have been drained of as much water as can be induced to
leave and the shell holes have been joined up into a continuous line that more
resembles a trench. During the hours of darkness a patrol surprised a German in
No Man’s Land and captured him. He proved to be from the 26th Prussian
Regiment.
Sources: X550/2/5
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