Friday 14th
December 1917
We have heard
from the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, that they are on the move. At
the beginning of the month they were training at Houtkerque just on the French
side of the border with Belgium west of Ypres. On the 6th they marched south to
Godewaersvelde
On 9th they
boarded trains for the journey to Miraumont in the northern part of the old
Somme battlefield, marching via Ligny-Thilloy and le Transloy, skirting the
wasteland of the battlefield itself, to Rocquigny. Yesterday they marched a few
miles south-east to Étricourt-Manancourt where they will sleep under canvas
tonight.
In two days
time they expect to march north-east to Metz-en-Couture ending up on Highland
Ridge near Villers-Plouich, ground won from the enemy during the Battle of
Cambrai, on 16th of this month, ready to hold the front line over Christmas.
They are all delighted.
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