General, Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 19, 23 June - 7 July 1918 - Part 7

To
1. I am at..............2. I have reached the limits of my objective.
3. My {Platoon} is at ..............4. {is consolidating.

           {Company}                      {has consolidated.
5. Am held up by {M.G.} at............6. Enemy holding S. Pt.........

                                 {Wire}
7. I {am} in touch with.............. on {right} at............
      {am not}                                     {left}
8. Am shelled from ...................9. Am in need of ....................
10. Counterattack forming at ................11 Hostile {Baty.} active at............
                                                                                      {MG.}
                                                                                      {T.M.}
12. Reinforcements wanted at ..................
13. Estimate my present strength at .................. rifles.
14. Add any other useful information ..........................
Name......................Platoon....................Company.....................
Battalion ...........................Time..............m. Date..................1918.

4.7.18
Fourth Army (H.)
We attacked at 3.10 this morning and
Captured Hamel Village also Vaire and Hamel
Woods aaa We are consolidating a new line
east of those localities, representing an advance
immediately South of the Somme averaging 1½
miles on a frontage of over 4 miles aaa He also
attacked at same hour just South of the Ancre
and captured enemy front system defences on a frontage
of 1200 yards and a depth of 400 yards aaa
Prisoners will depart 500 already counted 450
Aust Corps
4^th Army.
repd 5 Army
1^st Aust Div

General Birdwood
5^th Army
All objectives gained in main and
both subsidiary operations aaa Details follow
later aaa Monash
Australian Corps.

General Maclagan
4^th Aust. Div.
Please accept my warmest congratulations
to you personally for your upon today's fine success due to
your able leadership and skilful ^plans & preparations aaa
Shall issue message to troops later. aaa
General Monash
Aust. Corps.
ADC 17
4/7/18
9.45AM

Prime Minister of Australia
Versailles. -
Todays operation brilliantly successful
aaa General Mon All objectives captured 
aaa More than 1000 prisoners taken
and many more coming in aaa Our
casualties believed very light. - aaa
General Monash
Australian Corps.
ADC 18
9.55AM
4/7/18 

General Hobbs.
5^th Aust. Division
I deeply appreciate your kind message
aaa General Monash
Aust Corps.
ADC 19
10.5 AM
4/7/18
 

4^th Aust. Division
General Birdwood desires me to convey
his heartiest congratulations to Generals

                        (2)         (1)                  (3)
Maclagan Brand Paton and Cannan
and to all officers and troops ^and services under the employed
in todays ^brilliant operations, aaa which were carried
out in true A.I.F. style. - aaa General
Monash
Aust Corps.
A.D.C.6.20
10.10 AM
4/7/18

5^th Australian Division
Please accept my congratulations and thanks
and convey same to Brigadiers & troops employed
for their brilliantly executed subsidiary operations
which have contributed so effectively admirably to the ^complete success
of our main attack aaa General Birdwood also
telegraphs his admiration of the true A.I.F. style
in which the Corps has acquitted itself aaa.
General Monash 
ADC 21
10.13 AM
4/7/18