Wednesday 20th
March 1918
At three
o’clock this afternoon the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment received a
warning to prepare for an enemy attack. There have been rumours for some days
about a major enemy offensive, probably in the region of Sroueaint-Quentin, which
is where the battalion finds itself, specifically at Rouez Camp, west of
Tergnier. As I write this they are waiting for the order to make a move forward
to positions reconnoitred in the last week or so and falling in what is named
the battle zone, an area behind the front line where it is expected that the
enemy’s attack can be contained and defeated.
The adjutant
mentioned to be on the blower that Captain R O Clark has left the Battalion
today for a six month tour of duty in England. Many of the officers and men of
the Battalion wish they were accompanying him.
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