Thursday, 2 November 2017

Ninety Fifth Day of the Third Battle of Ypres



Friday 2nd November 1917

Yesterday we heard of a great success at Beersheba in Palestine. We believe another great effort is being made to take Gaza. It seems to have begun last night into the early hours of this morning. The adjutant of 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, cabled us to say that yesterday was spent in preparing for the operation and everyone rested as much as possible, the divisional commander (Major-General S W Hare) speaking with all officers about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon

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