Diary Henry Arthur Goddard 1918 - Part 4

METEREN

JANVIER

28 29 LUNDI

7.30 a.m. motored with Brigade

Major, Staff Captain and Signal

Officer to new area.

Visited 34' Bn Headqrs. ROMARIN

Saw Col Martin & Major Fry.

Then to CANTEEN CORNER; BULFORD,

(EMU) CAMP thence to KORTYPYP 1&2

thence to 5^t Brigade Hqrs TROIS ROIS

General Smythe still in bed.

Back Hqrs about 10.30 & on

Brigade March in afternoon.

Inspected it at starting point

OUTTERSTEENE Good turn out same 

35^th on road later they looked fine

At defence scheme re till late

METEREN

JANVIER

29 ^30 MARDI

By car to KORTYPYP Saw Major

McCallum (Bde Major 5^th Bde) He

was able give me no information re

Corps Line Defence re as only just

there. General Smythe was out.

Called at CANTEEN corner where old

17^th are. They were on parade - I

went round the lines and had a chat

with the few old Gallipoli men

still remaining. Martin was in

command. Saw F russell, Harriet

Barnett.

TROIS ROIS

JANVIER

30 ^31 MERCREDI

The Brigade less 39 Bn marched to

KORTYPYP Generals Birdwood, White

and Monash saw them pass through

BALLIEUL Square but B & W arrived

just too late to see 35 go past as

they were leading.

Both General Birdwood and

General Monash complimented me

on progress Brigade had made

Bitterly cold foggy day. Hands

so cold could not hold the

reins - so Pain & I sent our horses

on and walked to KORTYPYP. Arrived

there 3.30 p.m.

JANVIER 

31 JEUDI.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

1 VENDREDI.

Visited all Battalions during morng.

Impressed on C.Os importance of

attention to working parties when we

move forward. As is careful reconnaissance 

of Corps Zone, faults

on yesterdays march; Officer Messes,

General Birdwoods request to give

horses chance to get picking of green

food. Also visited Transport Line 

and battn

Very cold day.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

2 SAMEDI

Inspected 9^th Trench Mortar Coy.

and Machine Gun Corp. Col Jess

up at Headquarters and

discussed Corps Zone.

                                  

3. Sunday.

Brigade Church Parade at KORTYPYP

Generals Birdwood, Monash and

Rosenthal. Former presented

medals as on next page and

addressed troops.

Col Clogslain had arrived and in

afternoon discussed work on Corps

line. Feeling absolutely rotten

with trench fever. It first got

Major Dunlop and then Captain

Sutor - both of whom are down w

it.  →

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

3 DIMANCHE

The Ways

To every man there openeth

A Way, and ways and a way,

And a high soul climbs the high way,

And the low Soule gropes the Low,

And in between, on the misty flats

The rest drift to and fro,

But to every man there openeth

A High way, and a Low,

And every man decideth

The way his soul should go.

 

General Birdwood presented medals

• Ribbons D.C.M & M.C & Croix de

Guerre at Brigade Church Parade

KORTYPYP. Generals Monash & Rosenthal

there

In afternoon Major Massie was badly

wounded & Lieut Barns Killed

by air bomb.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

4 LUNDI

To Brigade Signal School and

Brigade School Emu camp in

morning Decided move of armies

to latter and let Yates carry in

command vice Major Messy wounded

To day a Battalion Cross in memory 

of those who fell in Messines battle

was placed in Ash Crater which was the

centre of our advance on Jun 7. 1917.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

5 MARDI

Trench fever mouth much 

swollen.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

6 ^7 MERCREDI

Viewed demonstration by 35 Bn

of Coy held up by strong points

& taking of same. Major Blacklow

gave lecture on same to Brigade

School and Div Demonstration Platon

who were present.

Bde students afterwards marched

past

Afterwards to 35^th Bn lines saw

Guard mounting and inspected issue

of rations.

Feel very ill with fever.

Belgian Croix-de-Guerre awarded

to No 937 C.S.M Wernier - No 401

Corpl. T F Curtin.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

7 8 JEUDI

Wet but mild. Eduard Prishaw

Warren later Commande de Hospital

du Serbian Relief Fund. lectured

on Serbia and the great Serbian retreat

at Y.M.C.A Hut KORTYPYP.

FEVRIER

8 VENDREDI.

CAMIERS

FEVRIER

9 SAMEDI.

By motor to CAMIERS Left Bde Headqrs

9. a.m. with B. M of 1^st Bde

Major Hutchins Had lunch at little

place near Bolougne. one breakdown

on road (due flat-tyres) arrived Small

Arms School 3 p.m. Walk

with General Hearne.

Wrote letters after dinner bed 11.30.

About 50 Brigadier Generals present

one or two Major Generals - a couple of

Colonels and some Brigade Majors

Quartered in empty hotel on beach..

CAMIERS

FEVRIER

10 DIMANCHE

9. a.m. Opening address Col. W.E. IRONSIDE C.M.G. D.S.O. RA

Commandant G H.Q. Small

arms School

9.15 a.m. Lecture Evalution Modern Machine Gunnery

Lt.Col. G.M. Lindsay Rifle Bde.

Chief presenter M.G. Branch.

10.30. Lecture Technical Matters connected with

Machine Guns Capt Fay. assistant presenter

M.G. Branch

11.30. Demonstration - Tactical Scheme

2.30 Lecture - Balile Action Capt Fay.

5.30. Lecture Organization and Preparation

necessary for the employment

of M. Guns in offensive operations.

After dinner wrote letters bed 11.30

Dull windy day.

CAMIERS

FEVRIER

11 LUNDI.

9. a.m. Lecture - Machine Guns in

Defence - General Principals. Col Ironside 

10.30. Defence Scheme on ground  - " -

2. p.m. Demonstration

Effects of M. G. Barrage Fire

4. pm. Conference.

No one had anything to say at 

conference.

In room with correspondence in 

evening. bed 11.30.

dull windy day. 

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

12 MARDI

Left CAMIERS by motor 12.45. p.m.

arrived Bde Hqrs. TROIS ROIS. 5.p.m - one flat

tyre on road. With B. M & S.C in evening.

Dull day but mild. Turned in midnight.

TROIS ROIS

FEVRIER

13 MERCREDI.

Very wet. B.M. went to see Clogston Brigade School

in morning. 

Major Urcich called Bde Hqrs 4. pm

Col Jess     "         "        "        6.   "

Gen. Rosenthal returned to Bde. 9.30. pm and 

proceeds to England on short leave tomorrow

Discussed proposed Bde raid with him. This

was put up by Division but so far I have

heard nothing from them direct.

Turned in midnight.

Raiding parties probably divided with him

33&34 and 35&36 division each Bn

5 Officers and 80 others. C.O. to be selected.

My dear General.

Many thanks for your report on 

the attempt of the enemy to raid gun

33^h. Bn on the 25^th. The result has given

you the required identification and I

am glad to hear that owing to Lt. Col

Morshead's change of disposition and

the actions of our men the enemy

casualties cost us very little.

Yours sincerely

T. Gelibrand

26.VII.18.