Friday 6th October 1916 From our Correspondent in the Field
The adjutant
of 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, has wired to say that they are at
Hédeauville and on their way to the front line on the Somme by way of
Mailly-Maillet.
Meanwhile the
1st Battalion are near Festubert where they will be entering the front line
within the next few days. They have been joined by Captain J J Moyse. The
adjutant told me: “Owing to heavy casualties during the recent fighting and the
consequent shortage of trained Lewis gunners and bombers, a school was started
today in conjunction with the Officer Commanding 16th Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire, Regiment for the rapid training of sufficient of these me to hold
the line.
