Sunday, 28 January 2018

Reconnoitring a New Front


Monday 28th January 1918

The adjutant of 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment has wired to say that the commanding officer, company commanders and he himself have been in the front line on the River Piave, reconnoitring where there positions will be. The river is quite broad and has a generous floodplain on either bank. This made it an obstacle formidable enough to see the end of the Austrian advance after their victory at Caporetto last year.

Source: X550/2/5

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