Thursday 13th
December 1917
8th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment, after its exertions in the Battle of Cambrai is now at
Courcelles-le-Comte, five miles north-west of Bapaume. We heard from the
adjutant that as of six o’clock this morning they were standing-to in
fighting order, ready to move as an attack was expected on 3rd Divisional front. The order to stand down was issued at 7.45 a.m.
Baths were
then alloted to the Battalion from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 150 men managed to
have a bath. Thee were the last ones to be bathed since the Battalion came out
of the line on 9th December. Companies
played football in the afternoon and B Company are giving a concert tonight.
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