Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/226/1 - Folder - Part 6

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47. by C. Stobie signalled back, but as it was too difficult to attract attention, went back and got one platoon of D Coy. to build up left of C. One platoon to build up right of C just as the first platoon got there and opened fire (0 Coy. meanwhile Then, when right platoon of D firing for all it was worth). Coy. reached front line, all got up together and rushed the wood by which time the German fire had died away. In the open the The men enfilade fore was ripping up the dust everywhere. realised that the fire had died ahead of them and that the wood would be safer. While they had been lying up ahead, Lieut. Aubrey, of C Coy., was slightly wounded. The 5th Bn at the same time began to enter the wood on the left. As the attack got into the wood at A this NOTE. Germans were was higher than the clearing. trying to get across the clearing crawling and all ways and many were shot there. In trench at B there were 50 Germans - 15 were killed and 35 captured. B Coy, was held in the open space between the wood and the It was now 8.20. railway. 50 yards inside the wood was a tsench (B on plan) in which 50 Germans were. A slight change of direction now happened. 5 Bn on left So 5th Bn. said that 3rd Bde, were in strength and cramped. wasmaking more to it and C Coy. did so also and eventually each of C and B were holding about 200 yds. Dozens of Germans were seen retiring from thick wood at S. through clearing and slight Lewis gunners and riflemen were turned rise at G to Wood at P. on these and caused many casualties. Stobie C Coy, was then just on the line of the road marked. worked down the road with party into trench at .N Z the Then worked up various dugouts were bombed but no one came out. C.T.'s into N M, and at M was definitely held up by a nest of Lieut. Gant's platoon M.G. from about X impossible to locate. of C Coy. coming into corner of wood by open at Z was also heavily fired and lost men from this post. B Coy. on right had now worked up to 0 from M to railway line in old trenches, working up this warren of old trenches. Only Lieut. Arnold (Some, but not many old grassed shellholes). wasleft in B Coy. Lieut. Thompson had been killed, Lieuts. Rowett and Barker had been wounded. At 10 a.m. 5 Bn said that they and 9th Bn on their left were The M.G. fire could not be silenced, so Stobie decided held up. to consolidate the ground gained. About noon tanks came up on the right with the
48. Canadians. All the tanks except one ("Mudsplasher") were on "Mudsplasher" silenced several M.G. near S. side of railway. C Coy, but did not advance more than 300 yds beyond our line. It wasworking S. of the wood. This apparently silenced the M.G.'s at S. but it also shot The Canadians followed the Arnold in the ankle with a M.G. At this stage tanks and began to pass the line of our advance. Stobie had 30 men of C Coy. and 2 platoons of D Coy. At 2.45 p.m. the sector At 1.30 p.m. 5.9 shelling began. ahead had quietened, and as the Canadians had gone some way ahead, Stobie, with Capt. Johnstone, M.C., adjutant, who had come up and taken over B Coy., went up with three men as far as the road between Lihons and the red brick Halte on railway. By 3.45 C Coy. (for whom he sent back) wasin position with right flank on the quarry at Fs c 7.4 Centre at Fec.8.e left at Fec.e.6. By 3.55 p.m. B Coy, was in a trench from F 8 c.7.4 to the This was done without casualties, though a few snipers Halte. The advance could not be continued as and M.G.'s were active. the left flank ran back at right angles to the line of e Bns advance. At 6 p.m. Canadian 4.5's shelled C Coy. but ceased after a The position where C Coy, was was an old French short time. Germans had been lately in Bde. H.Q. with deep, roomy dugouts. it. They consolidated this line and held it for the night without Germans shelled a bit - not disturbance - no counterattack. much. wounded. illed. Casualties O Coy: Off. 35 O.R. O.R. Casualties of Aug. 9 Strength at start on Aug. 8th, - 5 officers, 100 Otzer ranks. C Coy. came out with 2 officers and 50 O.R. Of is officers with the Coys, who went in on oth, five came out. KILLED: Aug. 9 - Lieut.McShane, hit direct by shell on Aug. o Aug,10 - Lieutz.Fisher; Lieut. Collinsm D.C.M. (both killed by machinegun. WOUNDED: Captain smith (?Aug. 9); Lieut. Archer, M.C. (Aug. 10?); Lieut. Southey (?Aug. 10). In the well at the Halte and in the wood they got good water. The thirst was very great - a real trouble. On Aug. 11 at 4 a.m. 8th Bn. attacked over the posts of There were M.G. active on left but C Coy. with troops on left. Opposition was reported opposition did not seem to be heavy. heavier later. As they passed over, and left a M.G. which continued firing, Stobie sent a patrol to silence it - patrol did not get the gun Gun was silenced but got away. but got one man from the post. At dawn there was heavy gas shelling - it lay about in the slight fog - no casualties.
49. All day the Germans shelled intermittently - all sorts of (All the men were put in the dugouts shells (77's to 8-in.). except the sentries). Germans twice counterattacked sth Bn. that day, and C Coy and B were stood-to but nothing came, attack being repulsed. At 11 p.m. relieved by Coy. of ist Bn and moved by Rosieres to Vauvillers, reaching there at 1 a.m. on Aug. 12. This fight was likened by all the 2nd Bde. to the fighting It was undoubtedly a very heavy task for at Cape $ Helles. The co-ordination between Canadians and Australian infantry. Corps was bad, and there was little co-operation with artillery. when sth En. attacked they took an unwounded German While he was waiting one of his own anti-airoraft prisoner. He was born in guns got him and shot him through the foot. Thefather was a U.S.A. - his father and mother were Swedes. naturalised German, so he had sorved in the German army. He was goingon leave on the previous Sunday but got ill and was He returned about Aug. o to unit and was to going to hospital. He was go on leave on Sunday, li August, when he was captured. down in a dugout with a pal when the shelling started - the first thing he knew was a bomb coming down. His mate started to run and left him - he waited and was captured. This man said that he would rather be wounded and a prisoner He in spite of the bad luck than on leave in Berlin to-day. said in March and April they throught everything was couleur de rose - could not go wrong; now they thyought they could not win, but neither could we. He knew we had 1 million Americans in France. He said there was tons of plain food in Germany, but for He was surprised luxuries such as chocolate you had to pay. at our white bread and dug into it all he could. ------ Stafford, platoon commander of D Coy., got a M.C. for his work in this show when he reinforced C Coy. Stobie got his M.C. there too. ---------- C Coy. got 5 M.M. and 2 D.C.M. out of this fight - and 15 decorations out of the two fights (Herleville and Lihons).
8 Battn. 11 Aug. 44. 50. sth BATTALION - LIHONS AND HERLEVILLE Sth BATTALION - LIHONS AND HERLEVILKE 96 8 Bn. put in four Coys. and one There was a thick fog. of 7th Bn.- covering whole front covered by e and 5th Coy. previous day. Ens. Bn. moved through This mist was a very great advantage. 5 and 8 with 4 Coys in line (in lines of skirmishers followed by There was a very good shallow columns of sections in file). barrage especially on Lihons village (where a number of 5.0 guns were taken in Lihons). The then front line ran through the west edge of the wood in ec from the quarry hear the Halte through the W. edge of the wood to the S. centre of Crepy, Wood. Crepy Wood was supposed to be in our hands: but in this advance the left Coy., D, got M.G. fire from the E. edge of Crepy Themain trouble was that It did not cause much trouble. Wood. they were out of touch with the Bn of 3rd Bde on left in Crepy Wood. As Bn. went on there was a lot of fire from Bois d'Auger, which hung the left flank up - the ground behind Crepy being very The line went forward pivoting open and flat - gentle slope. on its left flank, and as the line widened it broke between the The right coy. stuck to its two centre Coys. at the top of Ga. A few M.G. were met boundary, railway, and went straight on. But the chief trouble was at the start of the at intervals. The Germans had a powerful line of M.C. right across advance. Thebarrage had to be thrown far back because of the the front. Thebarrage was well behind the Germans. line being uncertain. TheGermans opened a very intense M.G. fire The mist was thick. Our men came at them through the mist in but it was all high. The Coys. all had compass which you could not see 50 yds. They killed a lot of the bearings - the right had the railway. Those that were Germans - but not many prisoners were taken. taken were in Lihons. The left was hung up while the right went straight on. The 7th Bn. Coy, went into thecentre in the gap - their The Coy. commander of this Coy. kept on advance led them there. going even when he lost touch with troops ahead. As 3rd Bdo worked into Anger Wood and got down the M.G.'s there, the left Coy. (D) was able to get ahead again - after about to 2-hour holdup. In the S. corner of Anger Wood they got touch with the 3rd Bde. As they got into Lihons another gap occurred on the left of the 7th Coy. Bn. This gap lasted till they got to the Blue line. . . . . . .. ga0 7th At 8 a.m. owing to messages arriving from various sources about a Coy. being cut off, etc., C.O. went up with I.B. In the village at 7 a.m. met some of our wounded who said the It was very difficult to find the line was a long way ahead. way even then - mist very thick and country very broken. There were a number of Germans wandering about not knowing what to dor whom they turned off on the road to the rear. Col. Mitchell found the two Coys. each with its flank refused: The Canadians had not moved that morning and were about 500 yds. behind our right flank and 800 yds. to the right of the AORI
.. 51. railway - not on the railway at that point. Aust. Srutoaspsfonng Canadån (Above is almost certainly what had happened). At 11 a.m., when the mist had well lifted and C.O. was on the high land between Lihons and the Railway about A3c%..2, the beginning of an attack by the Canadians could be seen as if from a gallery - the guns of both sides could be seen shooting, the German infantry shooting at the Canadians advancing, sections rushing, a German gun in Bois Triangulaire shooting on our own At this time 8th Bn never trenches and just skimming them. knew of that attack - had never heard of any attack - very pretty but no co-ordination. A platoon had been refused on our right flank to cover gar to Canadian position. The maps were 40,000 maps; only one map was given to C.O. originally for the whole Bn. on the 9th August, and this is now in records with markings, etc., on it. ----- Undoubtedly if l0 Bn ever got into Lihons this would be There while Mitchell was still beyond it out in the front line. were still Germans in Lihons - and even when Mitchell was going out of the line that night on relief (all the parties had been searching all day) 5 Germans darted out down a C.T. about 800 yus ahead of the "Halte" and scooted like frightened cats away to the flank. C.O. had his pistol out but did not fire so All troops had to be warned that they might surprised was he. still meet Germans on the way, up to and back from the front line - there were so many old dug-outs. ----- Holding it cost Only 30 men were lost in getting Lihons. From about 1 p.m. on the Germans were constantly creeping 90. up to counterattack by bombing, and bombing was going on till the actual relief was taking place that night. Capt. Campbell, who was wounded during the advance with left Coy., got a D.S.O. for Aug, 9. Lieut. Lowday was hit this day also - on left D Coy. Sth Battn. Start near Villers Bretonneux. C.O. had orders to march - met eth and 7th after getting through Villers Bretonneux. Had Aug. 9th. no idea of what order Bns would be used - went towards Warfusee on the main road Ulrich mey Mitchell and gave him a map (given him by Gen. Heane) with objective marked on it, and told him that they would be required to attack that morning with 7th Bn. The map had been marked on left and éth and 5th in support. in divisional H.g. - one for each Bn. Gen. Heane was at division at the time; he saw Ulrich and gave them to him. Ulrich galloped on and gave them to C.O's. Half waybetween Villers Bretonneux and War Fusee the Bn. broke and marched in artillery formation of platoons across country to south of Bayonvillers - did not stop once - straight through to south of Harbonnieres to forming-up line in square C.O. had just had a call for a Wie 8th Bn). W.10 (7): conference with General Heane just before this while Bn. was advancing. He told them they would have 14 tanks between the Forming up two Bns. - 7 each; and a section of English guns. position was behind the sunken road. 8th Bn. passed over this in formation on starting. The Bns were supposed to bein position by i but it was 1.40 p.m. before started. (Everythigg had to be done on the
.. ... 52. move - a conference with company commandere had to be held on the move, they walking beside the C.O.) 8 Bn troops were about half an hour resting at Assembly position. C.O. arranged with tanks - they had the objective The tanks said they required a screen of scouts to tell marked. them about any opposition and the Bn in rear in shallow columns, in two lines of companies. 2 45. A Tands. sänts The artillery was supposed to meet the C.O. but missed him Their observer, however, gound him(on at the assembly position. the road where Murdoch and I met Mitchell - just before then). 1s Bde, was through 198 and C diagonally to the railway. through them 8 Bn began to come under very After passipgre There had been no trouble to there from long range M.G. The tanks were keeping direct and all going guns firing direct. About on the (first) road S.W. from Vauvillers (not well. they came under direct fire from guns at Bois Vauvillers-Rosieres) de Crepy and M.G. fire from Rosieres station. Two tanks were hit at once just before reaching this road N of railway. Infantry broke into small columns of sections and continued Another tank which crossed to deal with the M.G.'s- the advance. the scouts directed them with their rifles to the M.G. near Rosieres Station - was hit near the railway about half way to the The shell burst inside and probably killed all German M.G. post. This tank burnt the crew. Four tanks were left. Infantry rapidly broke up into lines of skirmishers on regular frontages, advancing by small rushes and individuals pushing ahead wherever they had cover. The fire of the guns at Bois de Crepy never slackened till the gunners were actually shot down. The ebeny on the ridge in 22 b and d were holding 7 Bn up. Captain Campbell of D Coy. (left Coy.) worked round the German hospital and got his Coy. around to the left into 22c and enfiladed these Germans and enabled 7 Bn to get ahead. Campbell got a D.S.O. for this work. The Germans were using the old trenches in this part and had splendid cover - there was little cover in the plain S.w. of it - the trench system seemed to be on and over the hill. The sth En reached a line X 2s Cebtral, Fi A central. At the beginning of the attack the Germans had a battery in These were firing direct - but about the time the quarry in 288. when the hospital was taken they pulled out with their teams and got away - they were 4.2's. Thoseon the hill were 77's. About 27 Central there was a tank burning - this was a whippet - this was the furthest-up tank which C.O. 8th Bn saw. About 5 p.m. one Coy. of ag Bn.)which Bn was in close support near the tank in 27 Central) moved out on its own initiative and This was made began to continue the advance towards the redline. At the same time the by section rushes almost from the start. Coys, of 8th Bn in the front line worked up the old communication trenches in which they were. Campbell, on the left, worked up
53. hill to the S.E. of the quarry right up under the guns which were They at about 29B 0.4. just beyond the road and the red line. The Germans shot down the gunners from there and the teams. managed to get one gun away but 8 Bn got 5 of them shooting the gunners and the teams. The guns were still fiting when our men The line went forward got onto them with M.G.'s and rifles. right to the Red line and into the Arbre Coin du Bois, being refused on the right to meet the Canadians about 4 Central. About dusk, while our men were consolidating, the Germans This attack counterattacked just at the Arbre Coin du Bois. Our guns came over the open in lines - about 300 or 400 of them. got onto them and they melted away and ran back through trenches. This was the only counterattack. About 10 p.m. the Germans tried to sneak men down the trench These men were seen to his guns to get them away by hand. We then had to put a close to the guns and were driven off. detached post out by the guns. The next morning the 5th and 6th Bn. went through the sth Bn front, and 3rd Bde through the 7th Bn front, by plain daylight (8 a.m.). Sth Bn expected to see the 15th Bde on the green line. OFFICERS KILLEDN: Was wounded early in the fight and was hit 2/Lieut. Larkin by a shell about 15 Bde line going back and killed. Was hit near the tank in 27 Central and Lieut. Dyer, M.M. killed there - lying on the road. Was killed on the Red line just as they Lieut. Vial He was sniped got to it, near the guns. through the head. (D Coy. Campbell was the only officer left. Whenever an officer moved on that day he was shot. A COY. OFFICERS WOUNDED: , of right Coy.- Lieut. L. A. Blackman (Coy. Commander) -/A Coy - was hit in four places by a shell - during the finish Blackman carried on till of the fight. next day, but is still away wounded. Lieut. Power (same Coy.) - Was hit at the same stage. Lieut. Macfadyen (sane Coy.) - Was hit at the same stage. DCOY. Lieut. Vial - (Killed) Lieut. Bourke - Wounded during 5-6 p.m. stage of fight. Lieut. Wicks - Wounded about passing the hospital. Lieut. Sowell - Wounded after passing 15 Bde. This was all the officers of D Coy. except Campbell. C COY. (supporting D) Severely wounded at the hospital. (0. C.) Captain Fox Killed. Lieut. Dyer BC0Y. Lieut. Witterden - Wounded on the Red line. MOR
. 54. Bcov. (continued). Lieut. Edmonds - Wounded about half way. Killed. Lieut. Larkin Two Company Commanders were lost that day. th Battn. 8th Bn was in support to 6th Bn mostly on right of road. HERLEVILLE It was not allowed to form ahead of the road south of They were afraid of German barrage - (the line of the factory. which was between the road and it had been frequently noticed) It was anticipated barrage might fall quickly and front line. catch the supports massed there. At zero 8 Bn. advanced as directed in very shallow columns. In passing The German barrage did come down and was intense. through it Capt. Johnston, onr of the original men of the Bn, was killed, and so was Lieut. L. C White, M.M., who was another About 30 casualties were original commissioned the day before. suffered in this barrage. It was a line of shells - about 300 yds. deep only. The doctor of 8 Bn - Capt. O'Shea (now D.S.O. for this), with Sig. Officer and Lewis Gun officer, went up before fight to our old front line where troops had to be withdrawn a quarter of an They went hour before Zero to let our barrage fall behind it. there so as to be ready for the advance. The moment our line passed they were in position. By 9 a.m. D Coy, of sth Bn was fighting on left of eth Bn. D Coy. began to They had been doing so pretty well all the way. get into the fight when the bend of the main road into the gully There was a lot of opposition and the 6th Bn was reached. flank had a gap in it and was threatened from St Martin's Wood. (A tank gun was in the sunken road just north of the main road before entering the gully. Every wood had a tank gun in it, pretty well). Going across the tongue-shaped plateau between the two The E. bank forks of the gully D Coy, had a very stiff time. of the far gully is higher and commands it, and the barrage was much faster than the troops though the tanks were still working The Coy. Commander, Lieut. Findlay, was killed as with them. they came over the top of the tongue and attempted to cross the This left Lieuts. Joynt and McGinn with this Coy. road. Plateau Wood on thefar slope was holding up 5th En and left of 8th Bn. McGinn worked his platoon up the old trench system on the far side of the 2nd gully, and surrounded this wood and got 70 prisoners there. On the right after the 6th Bn had orossed St Denis Wood and were in the ravine ahead of it, A and B Coys. 8th Bn with a tank (which worked splendidly) got 50 prisoners out of the wood. There was an anti-tank gun in that wood, but though all the ammunition MORI
55. It was found quite was there it never fired a shot at the tank. The tank was sprayed with M.g. bullets but would heave clean. up each side alternatoly and blaze into them - greatly pleasing our men - keeping outside of the wood which was very dense - and went back pockmarhed with the little bright bullet marks. Several M.G. also were taken there. The support line was on the tongue and N. down the main The 8 Bn was on the valley on E. edge of St Mærtin's Wood. Until night there were still crest of the further slope. Germans between these two firing onto both the line ahead of them The German even had a grenatenwerfer and the line in the rear. firing from the E. gully back onto the tongue of high land. So far the right Coy. of 8th En had been mopping up in Now it was ordered up in order to link up the right support. of eth Bn with left of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. At that time C.O. of 8th En (Col. Mitchell) had no idea where A. and S. Highlanders were, nor even exactly where 6 Bn were, Mitchell had an idea though their general objective was known. that they were on their objective - you could only tell by the noise of M.G.'s and rifles (especially Lewis Guns) gave a general Mitchell (and Temple) had gone up to see where his direction. own line was and see that it was in the right position (which was mainly in the old trenches - you could not have lived on the top, digging in - could only link up) and found that the 6th Bn The only communication would be round the was not in touch. gully north of the for and the German was still in pockets there. Mitchell's orders were to push in in support of 8th Bn wherever and whonever he considered it advisable; so before the order to link up on the right arrived, he had ordered right Coy. to gain connection between the 6th Bn and the Scotties on the right. This Coy, wassent round by the gully into the far fork and first met Germans in Herleville Wood and in Nos. 4 and 5 They had to clear each of these woods (as Woods beyond it. In one wood (No. 5) they were getting fire from the right). they got 45 Germans. From there two very definite and deep old French trenches The Coy, worked up ran due E. up the E. side of the gully. these till they saw th Bn. about zi B O.5 and could see the They Scots on the same general line further south. afterwards connected up along the trenches on the top on the E. side with the Soots. C.O. and Temple walked along and had a These Scottish were talk with the Scottish officer there. great people to wander over our lines, and very willing fighters. th Bn thus had two Coys. in front line - one about 400 yds. over Bn. boundary on N. - just in the trenches in front of Plateau Wood; the other to about 200 yds, over boundary on the southern end of the Bde. No counterattack. There was a small advance on night of Aug. 24 in conjunction with Scots to make exact line of the objective. Both on 24 and 25th August there was gas shelling in early morning, but on 25 August this was the heaviest barrage C.0. It lasted some hours - German was probably had ever seen. unloading every shell he had - and every H.E. shell had gas in it. No shrapnel; all H.E. and gas. The Germans at the end of this shelling were throwing The whole of the 8 Bn everything into the forward ravine. except what was in the line was there, and Bn H.Q., every signaller except one operator, was gassed. Two horses were
58. If the german had attacked on top gassed bringing up rations. Thet of this it would have bee next to impossible to resist him. total losses were 7 officers and 249 O.R. for whole tour, of which more than half were gassed. Night of 25/2e 8th Bn took over line from 6th Bn; and on afternoon of 2eth August the right Coy. of Scots advanced to the Green line - a little opposite - One post only worried A Coy. The night following (Aug. 2s) 8th Bn was relieved by 5th (It had been undecided whether 56th or soth Division (soth Bn). should relieve them). Billeted Detrained Aug. 7 at Hangest and other Stns. Aug. 8/9th 5th Battn Aug. 8th marched to Aubigny. Bertencourt 7/sth. A little odd information from LIHONS stayed at Aubigny in buildings. Had no idea they were going to attack. passing officers. 9th August, at 9 a.m. moved from Aubigny - to move to Near Bayonvillers C.O. stopped Bayonvillers - no other orders. C.O. got back with hurried Bn for lunch; rode to Bde H.g. 7th and 8th would attck, 5th supporting orders to finish lunch. 7th; 6th supporting 8th. 5th Bn. moved well right of Vauvillers and trying to get touch with 7th Bn. which had got their orders earlier and were out of touch ahead. In trying to get up in touch with them 5th En had some pretty casualties at the cross roads just south of Vauvillers - heavy Uncertain if this was direct shell fire. from shell fire. Pushed on with two front Coys. wo a position about 200-300 The right Coy. under Major yds. in rear of 7th objective. Hastie met no direct opposition but some indirect M.G. fire from left. It had no casualties in reaching the old German trench. . Left Coy. which was under Lieut. M. Morrison found that there was a gap on the left of the 7th Bn. and troops They made a fine charge in there supposed to be on their left. One by section rushes and got in on left flank of 7th Bn. platoon under Lieut. Volum could see right ahead of them German reinforcements arriving in motor lorries at no great distance from the front line. C Coy. was thrown in and had to fight for its position in a small copse on the extreme left. D Coy, went in as thore was still a gap - under orders of Captain Burke to counterattack through this copso. While going up to this position 9 Germans surrendered to They charged this post - which was Lieut. Parker's platoon. When they got to the about half-way to the crest of the hill. two M.G. in this trench they found that the Germans there had killed their own N.C.O. immediately before by hitting him on Parker then went or the back of the head and cracked his skull. and took up position between left of 7th Bn and right of C Coy. They were then right on the edge of the little wood above- Counterattacks mentioned which was full of old stables, etc. did not take place as the order evidently was not to c/attack As they were but to stop a gap and prevent counterattack. on a roadway going up they could see the Germans de-bussing They wandered in by accident and about 400-500 yds. away. One of these Germans, educated otherwise during the night. at Oxford, who had been trying to be captured for 9 months, teldsergt.

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by C.

Stobie signalled back, but as it was too difficult to

attract attention, went back and got one platoon of D Coy. to

build up left of C. One platoon to build up right of C just as

the first platoon got there and opened fire (C C0y. meanwhile

firing for all it was worth).  Then, when right platoon of D

Coy. reached front line, all got up together and rushed the wood

by which time the German fire had died away. In the open the

enfilade fore was ripping up the dust everywhere. The men

realised that the fire had died ahead of them and that the wood

would be safer. 

While they had been lying up ahead, Lieut. Aubrey, of C Coy. ,

was slightly wounded.

The 5th Bn at the same time began to enter the wood on the 

left.

NOTE . - As the attack got into the wood at A this

was higher than clearing. Germans were

trying to get across the clearing crawling

and all ways and many were shot there. In

trench at B there were 50 Germans - 15 were

killed and 35 captured

B Coy. was held in the open space between the wood and the

railway. It was now 8.20.

50 yards inside the wood was a trench (B on plan) in which

50 Germans were.

A slight change of direction now happened. 5 Bn on left

said that 3rd Bde. were in strength and cramped. So 5th Bn.

wa smaking more to it and C Coy. did so also and eventually each

of C and B were holding about 200 yds. Dozens of Germans were

seen retired from thick wood at S. through clearing and slight 

rise at G to wood at P. Lewis gunners and riflemen were turned 

on these and caused many casualties.

C Coy. was then just on the line of the road marked. Stobie

worked down the road with party into trench at xxx  N Z the

dugouts were bombed but no one came out. Then worked up various

C.T.'s into N M, and at M was definitely held up by a nest of

M.G. from about X impossible to locate. Lieut. Gant's platoon

of C Coy. coming into corner of wood by open at Z was also

heavily fired and lost men from the post.

B Coy. on right had now worked up to C from M to railway

line in old trenches, working up this warren of old trenches.

(Some, but not many old grassed shellholes). Only Lieut. Arnold

wasleft in B Coy. Lieut. Thompson had been killed, Lieuts.

Rowett and Barker had been wounded.

At 10. a.m. 5 Bn said that they and 9th Bn on their left were

held up. The M.G. fire could not be silenced, so Stobie decided

to consolidate the ground gained.

About noon tanks came up on the right with the

 

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Canadians. All the tanks except one ("Mudsplasher") were on

S. side of railway. "Mudsplasher" silenced several M.G. near

C Coy. but did not advance more than 300 yds beyond our line.

It wasworking S. of the wood.

This apparently silenced the M.G.'s at S but it also shot

Arnold in the ankle with a M.G. The Canadians followed the

tanks and began to pass the line of our advance. At this stage

Stobie had 30 men of C Coy. and 2 platoons of D Coy.

At 1.30 p.m. 5.9 shelling began. At 2.45 p.m.  the sector

ahead had quietened, and as the Canadians had gone some way ahead,

Stobie, with Capt. Johnston, M.C., adjutant, who had come up and

taken over B Coy., went up with three men as far as the road

between Lihons and the red brick Halte on railway. By 3.45

C Coy. (for whom he sent back) wasin position with right flank

on the quarry at F6 c 7.4 Centre at F 6c.8.6 left at F6c.6.6.

By 3.55 p.m. B Coy. was in a trench from F 6 c.7.4 to the

Halte. This was down without casualties, though a few snipers

and M.G.'s were active. The advance could not be continued as

the left flank ran back at right angles to the line of 6 Bns

advance.

At 6 p.m. Canadians 4.5's shelled C Coy. but ceased after a

short time. The position where C Coy was was an old French

Bde. H.Q. with deep, roomy dugouts. Germans had been lately in

it. They consolidated this line and held it for the night without

disturbance - no counterattack. Germans shelled a bit - not

much.

Casualties C Coy:                               Killed             wounded

                                               off.                  1                           2

                                               O R.                5                         35

Casualties of Aug. 9       O.R.                 3                          5

Strength at start on Aug. 8th, -  5 Officers, 100 Other ranks.

C Coy. came out with 2 officers and 50 O.R.

Of 18 officers with the Coys. who went in on xxx 9th, five

came out.

KILLED:

Aug. 9 - Lieut s. McShane, hit direct by shell on Aug. 9.

Aug. 10- Lieutz.  Fisher; Lieut. Collinsm D.C.M. (both killed by

machinegun.

WOUNDED:

Captain Smith (?Aug.9) ; Lieut. Archer, M.C. (Aug. 10?);

Lieut. Southey (?Aug. 10).

In the well at Haltz and in the wood they got good

water. The thirst was very great - a real trouble.

On Aug. 11 at 4 a.m. 8th Bn attacked over the posts of

C Coy. with troops on left. There were M.G. active on left but

opposition did not seem to be heavy. Opposition was reported

heavier later.

AS they passed over and left a M.G. which continued firing,

Stobie sent a patrol to silence it - patrol did not get the gun

but got one man from the post. Gun was silenced but got away.

at dawn there was heavy gas shelling - it lay about in the slight

fog. no casualties.

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All day the Germans shelled intermittently - all sorts of

shells (77's to 8-in.). (All the men were put in the dugouts

except the sentries).

Germans twice counterattacked 8th Bn. that day, and C Coy

and B were stood-to but nothing came, attack being repulsed.

At 11 p.m. relieved by Coy. of 1st Bn and moved by Rosieres

to Vauvillers, reaching there at 1 a.m. on Aug. 12.

This fight was likened by all the 2nd Bde. to the fighting

at Cape G Helles. It was undoubtedly a very heavy task for

infantry. The co-ordination between Canadians and Australian

Corps was bad, and there was little co-operation with artillery.

 When8th Bn. attacked they took an unwounded German

prisoner. While he was waiting one of his own anti-aircraft

guns got him and shot him through the foot. He was born in

U.S.A. - his father and mother were Swedes. The father was a

naturalised German, so he had served in the German Army. He

was goingon leave on the previous Sunday but got ill and was

going to hospital. He returned about Aug. 9 to unit and was to

down in a dugout with a pal when the shelling started - the first

thing he knew was a bomb coming down. His mate started to run

and left him - he waited and was captured.

This man said that he would rather be wounded and a prisoner

in spite of the bad luck than on leave in Berlin to-day. He

said in March and April they thought everything was couleur de

rose - could not got wrong; now they throught they could not

win, but neither could we.

He knew we had 1½ million Americans in France.

He said there was tons of plain food in Germany, but for

luxuries such as chocolate you had to pay. He was surprised

at our white bread and dug into it all he could.

Stafford, platoon commander of D Coy., got a M.C. for his

work in this show when he reinforced C Coy. Stobie got his M.C.

there too.

 C Coy. got 5 M.M. and 2 D.C.M. out of this fight - and

15 decorations out of the two fights (Herleville and Lihons).

  

 

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8th BATTALION - LIHONS AND HERLEVILLE.

5th BATTALION - LIHONS AND HERLEVILLES.

8 Battn.

11 Aug. There was a thick fog. 8 Bn. put in four Coys. and one

Coy. of 7th Bn. - covering whole front covered by 6 and 5th

Bns. previous day.

This mist was a very great advantage. Bn. moved through

 5 and 6 with 4 Coys in line (in lines of skirmishers followed by

shallow columns of sections in file). There was a very good

barrage especially on Lihons village (where a number of 5.9 guns

were taken in Lihons).

The then front line ran through the west edge of the wood

in 6c from the quarry near the Halte through the W edge of Crepy

Wood. It did not cause much trouble. Themain trouble was that

they were out of touch with the Bn of 3rd Bde on left Crepy

Wood.

As Bn. went on there was a lot of fire from Bois d Auger,

which hung the left flank up - the ground behind Crepy being very

open and flat - gentle slope. The line went forward pivoting

on its left flank, and as the line widen it broke between the

two centre Coys. at the top of 6a. The right Coy. stuck to its

boundary, railway, and went straight on. A few M.G. were met

at intervals. But the chief trouble was at the start of the

advance. The Germans had a powerful line of M.G. right across

the front. Thebarrage had to be thrown far back because of the

line being uncertain. Thebarrage was well behind the Germans.

The mist was thick. TheGerman opened a very intense M.G. fire

but it was all high. Our men came at them through the mist in

which you could not see 50 yds. They Coys. all had compass

bearings - the right had the railway. They killed a lot of the

Germans - but not many prisoners were taken. Those that were

taken were in Lihons.

The left was hung up while the right went straight on.

The 7th Bn Coy. went into thecentre in the gap - their

advance led them there. They Coy. commander of this Coy. kept on

going even when he lost touch with troops ahead.

As 3rd Bde. worked into Anger Wood and got down the M.G.'s

there, the left Coy. (D) was able to get ahead again - after

about ½ to ¾ -hour holdup.

In the S corner of Anger Wood they got touch with the 3rd

Bde.

As they got into Lihons another gap occurred on the left of

the 7th Coy. Bn. This gap lasted till they got to the Blue line

                                D

                                C

                              .............. gap

                                7th →

                                B

                                A

At 6 a.m. owing to messages arriving from various sources

about a Coy. xxxx being cut off, etc., C.O. went up with I.P.

In the village at 7 a.m. met some of our wounded who said the

line was a long way ahead. It was very difficult to find the

way even then - mist very thick and country very broken. There

were a number of Germans wandering about not knowing what to do.

whom they turned off the road to the rear.

Col. Mitchell found the two Coys. each with its flank

refused:

*** Diagram - see original document

The Canadians had not moved xxxxxxx that morning and were about

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railway - not on the railway at that point.

*** Diagram - see original document

(Above is almost certainly what had happened).

At 11 a.m., when the mist had well lifted and C.O. was on

the high lend between Lihons and the railway about A3c3 2.2 the

beginning of an attack by the Canadians advancing, sections

rushing, a German gun in Bois Triangulaire shooting on our own

trenches and just skimming them. At this time 8th Bn. never

xxxx knew of the attack - had never heard of any attack - very

pretty but no co-ordination.

A platoon had been refused on our right flank to cover gap

to Canadian position.

The map were 40,000 maps; only one map was given to C.O.

originally for the whole Bn. on the 9th August, and this is now in

records with markings, etc. , on it.

Undoubtedly if 10 Bn ever got into Lihons this would be

while Mitchell was still beyond it out in the front line. There

were still Germans in Lihons - and even when Mitchell was going

out of the line that night on relief (all the parties had been

searching all day) 5 Germans darted out down a C.T. about 800

yds ahead of the "Halte" and scooted like frightened cats away

to the flank. C.O. had his pistol out but did not fire so

surprised he was. All troops had to be warned they they might

still meet Germans on the way, up to and back from the front

line - there were so many old dug-outs.

Only 30 men were lost in getting Lihons. Holding it cost

90. From about 1 p.m. on the Germans were constantly creeping

up to counterattack by bombing, and bombing was going on till

the actual relief was taking place that night.

Capt. Campbell, who was wounded during the advance with

left Coy., got a D.S.O. for Aug, 9. Lieut. Lowday was hit this

day also - on left D Coy.

8th Battn.

Aug. 9th. Start near Villers Bretonneux. C.O. had orders to march -

met 6th and 7th after getting through Villers Bretonneux. Had

no idea of what order Bns would be used - went towards Warfusee;

on the main road Ulrich met Mitchell and gave him a map (given

him Gen. Heane) with objective to attack marked on it, and told him

that they would be required to attack that morning with 7th Bn.

on left and 6th and 5th in support. The map had been marked

in divisional H.Q. - one for each Bn. Gen Heane was at

division at the time; he saw Ulrich and gave them to him.

Ulrich galloped on and gave them to C.O's.

Half waybetween Villes Bretonneux and War Fusee the Bn.

broke and marched in artillery formation of platoons across

country to south of Baybonvillers - did not stop once - straight

through to south of Harbonnieres to forming-up line in square

W.10 (7); W16 Z8th Bn). C.O. had just had a call for a

conference with General Hearne just before this while Bn. was

advancing. He told them they would have 14 tanks between the

two Bns. - 7 each; and a section of English guns. Forming up

position was behind the sunken road. 8th Bn. passed over this

in formation on starting.

 The Bns were supposed to bein position by 1 but it was

1.40 p.m. before started. (Everything had to be done on the

 

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move - a conference with company commanders had to be held on the

move, they walking beside the O.C.).

8 Bn troops were about half an hour resting at Assembly

position. O.C. arranged with tanks - they had the objective

marked. The tanks said they required a screen of scouts to tell
them about any opposition and the Bn in rear in shallow columns

in two lines of companies.

*** 2  MGS        C        D     =           -

           =              B        A     =           -

                                              =          -

                                              -           -

                                            Tanks    Scouts
The artillery was supposed to meet the O.C. but missed him.

at the assembly position. Their observer, however, found him (on

the road where Murdoch and I met Mitchell - just before then).

15 Bde. was through 19B and C diagonally to the railway

*** Diagram - see original document

After passing through them 8 Bn began to come under very

long range M.G. fire There had been no trouble to there from

guns firing direct. The tanks were keeping direct and all going

well. About on the (first) road S.W. from Vauvillers (not

Vauvillers-Rosieres) they came under direct fire from guns at Bois

de Crepy and M.G. fire from Rosieres station.

Two tanks were hit at once just before reaching this road

N, of railway.

Infantry broke into small columns of sections and continued

the advance. Another tank which crossed to deal with the M.G. 's

the scouts direct them with their rifles to the M.G. near

Rosieres Station - was hit near the railway about half way to the

German M.G. post. The shell burst inside and probably killed all

the crew. This tank burnt.

Four tanks were left. Infantry rapidly broke up into lines

of skirmishers on regular frontage, advancing by small rushes

and individuals pushing ahead wherever they had cover. The fire

of the guns at Bois de Crepy never slackened till gunners

were actually shot down.

The  ebeny on the ridge in 22 b and d were holding 7 Bn up.

Captain Campbell of D Coy. (left Coy.) worked round the

German hospital and got his Coy. around to the left into 22c and 

enfilade these xxxx Germans and enabled 7 Bn. to get ahead.

Campbell got a D.S.O for this work.

The Germans were using the old trenches in this part and had

splendid cover - there was little cover in the plain S.W. of it -

the trench system seemed to be on and over the hill.

The 8th Bn reached a line X 28 Cebtral, F4 A central.

At the beginning of the attack the Germans had a battery in

the quarry in 28B. There were firing direct - but about the time

when the hospital was taken they pulled out with their teams and

got away - they were 4.2's those on the hill were 77's.

About 27 Central there was a tank burning - this was a

whippet - this was the furthest-up tank which C.O. 8th Bn saw.

About 5 p.m. one Coy. of 6 Bn.) which Bn was in close support

near the tank in 27 Central) move out on its own initiative and

began to continue the advance towards the redline. This was made

be section rushes almost from the start. At the same time the

Coys of 8th Bn in the front line worked up the old communication

trenches in which they were. Campbell, on the left, worked up

 

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hill to the S.E. of the quarry right up under the guns which were

at about 29B 0.4. just beyond the road and the red line. They

shot down the gunners from there and the teams. The Germans

managed to get one gun away but 8 Bn got 5 of them shooting the

gunners ad the teams. The guns were still fiting  when our men

got onto them with M.G.'s and rifles. The line went forward

right to the red line and into the Arbre Coin du Bois, being

refused on the right to meet the Canadians about 4 Central.

About dusk, while our men were consolidating, the Germans

counterattacked just at the Arbre Coin du Bois . This attack

came over the open in lines - about 300 or 400 of them, Our guns

got onto them and they melted away and ran back through trenches.

This was the only counterattack.

About 10 p.m. the Germans tried to sneak men down the trenches

to xxx his guns and to get them away by hand. These men were seen

close to the guns and were driven off. We then had to put a 

detached post out by the guns.

The next morning the 5th and 6th Bn, went through the 8th Bn

front, and 3rd Bde through the 7th Bn front, by plain daylight

(8 a.m.).

8th Bn. expected to see the 15th Bde on the green line.

OFFICERS KILLEDN:

2/Lieut. Larkin - 
Was wounded early in the fight and was hit

by a shell about 15 Bde line going back and

killed.

Lieut. Dyer, M.M.- 
Was hit near the tank in 27 Central and

killed there - lying on the road.

Lieut. Vial - 
Was killed on the Red line just as they

got to it, near the guns. He was sniped

through the head. (D Coy.)

Campbell was the only officer left.

Whenever an officer move on that day he was shot.

OFFICERS WOUNDED:    A COY.

 xxxxx. of right Coy.-

Lieut. L. A. Blackman (Coy. Commander) -/A Coy - was hit in

four places by a shell - during the finish

of the fight. Blackman carried on till

next day, but is still away wounded.

Lieut. Power (same Coy.)  - Was hit at the same stage.

Lieut. Macfadyen (same Coy.) - Was hit at the same stage.

D Coy.

Lieut. Vail - (Killed)

Lieut. Bourke - Wounded during 5 -6 p.m. stage of fight.

Lieut. Wicks -    Wounded about passing the hospital.

Lieut. Sowell -    Wounded after passing 15 Bde.

This was all the officers of D Coy. except Campbell.

(supporting D)

 C COY.

(O.C.) Captain Fox  - Severely wounded at the hospital.

Lieut. Dyer - Killed 
B COY.

Lieut. Witterden - Wounded on the Red line.

 

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B COY (Continued)

Lieut. Edmonds - Wounded about half way.
Lieut. Larkin - Killed

 Two Company Commanders were lost that day.
8th Battn.
HERLEVILLE.
8th Bn was in support to 6th Bn mostly  on right of road.
It was not allowed to form ahead of the road south of
the factory. They were afraid of German barrage - (the line of
it had been frequently noticed) - which was between the road and
front line. It was anticipated barrage might fall quickly and
catch the support massed there.
At zero 8 Bn. advanced as directed very shallow columns.
The German barrage did come down and was intense. In passing
through it Capt. Johnston, onr of the original men of the Bn,
was killed, and so was Lieut. L.C., White, M.M., who was another
original commissioned the day before. About 30 casualties were 
suffered in this barrage. It was a line of shells - about 300
yds. deep only.
The doctor of 8 Bn - Capt. O'Shea (now D.S.O. for this) with
Sig. Officer and Lewis Gun Officer, went up before the fight to our
old front line where troops had to be withdrawn a quarter of an
hour before Zero to let our barrage fall behind it. They went
there so as to be ready for the advance. The moment our line
passed they were in position.
By 9 a.m. D Coy. of 8th Bn was fighting on left of 6th Bn.
They had been doing so pretty well all the way. D. Coy. began to
get into the fight when the bend of the main road into the gully
was reached. There was a lot of opposition and the 6th Bn
flank had a gap in it and was threatened from St Martin's Wood.
(A tank gun was in the sunken road just north of the main road
before entering the gully. Every wood had a tank gun in it,
pretty well).
*** Diagram - see original document
Going across the tongue-shaped plateau between the two
forks of the gully D Coy. had a very stiff time. TheE E. bank
of the far gully is higher and commands its, and the barrage was
much faster than the troops though the tanks were still working
with them. The Coy. Commander, Lieut. Findlay, was killed as
they came over the top of the tongue and attempted to cross the
road. This left Lieuts. Joynt and McGinn with this Coy.
Plateau Wood on thefar slope was holding up 5th Bn and left of
6th Bn. McGinn worked his platoon up the old trench system on the
far side of the 2nd gully, and surrounded this wood and got 70
prisoners there.
On the right side after the 6th Bn had cross St Denis Wood and
were in the ravine ahead of it, A & B Coys. 8th Bn with a tank
(which worked splendidly) got 50 prisoners out of the wood. There
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was there it never fired a shot at the tank. It was found quite
clean. The tank was sprayed with M.G. bullets but would heave
up each side alternately and blaze into them - greatly pleasing
our men - keeping outside of the wood which was very dense - and
went back pockmarked with the little bright bullet marks.
Several M.G. also were taken here.
The support line was on the tongue and N. down the main
valley on E., edge of St Martin's Wood. The 6 Bn was on the
crest of the further slope. Until night there were still
Germans between these two firing onto both the line ahead of them
and the line in the rear. The German even had a granatenwerfer
firing from the E. gully back onto the tongue of high land.
So far the right Coy. of 8th Bn had been mopping up in
support. Now it was ordered up in order to link up the right
of 6th Bn with left of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. At
that time C.O. of 8th Bn (Col. Mitchell) had no idea where
A. & S. Highlanders were, nor even exactly where 6 Bn were,
though their general objective was known. Mitchell had an idea
that there were on their objective - you could only tell by the
noise of M.G.'s and rifles (especially Lewis Guns) gave a general
direction. Mitchell (and Temple) had gone up to see where his
own line was and see that it was in the right position (which was a
mainly in the old trenches - you could not have lived on the
top, digging in - could only link up) and found that the 6th Bn
was not in touch. The only communication would be round the
gully north of the fork and the German was still in pockets there.
Mitchell's orders were to push in in support of 6th Bn
wherever and whenever he considered it advisable; so before the
order to link up on the right arrived, he had ordered right Coy.   
to gain connection between the 6th Bn and the Scotties on the
right. This Coy. wassent round by the gully into the far fork
*** Diagram - see original document
and first met Germans in Herleville Wood and in Nos. 4 and  5
Woods beyond it. They had to clear each of these woods (as
they were getting fire from the right). In one wood (No. 5)
they got 45 Germans.
From there two very definite and deep old French trenches
ran due E. up the E. side of the gully. The Coy. worked up
these till they saw xxxx 6th Bn. about 31 B 0.5 and could see the
Scots on the same general line xxxxxx further south. They
afterwards connected up along the trenches on the top on the E.
side with the Scots. C.O. and Temple walked along and had a
talk with the Scottish Officer there. These Scottish were
great people to wander over our lines, and very willing fighters.
8th Bn thus had two Coys. in front line - one about 400 yds.
over Bn. boundary on N. - just in the trenches in front of
Plateau Wood; the other to about 200 yds. over boundary on the
southern end of the Bde.
No counterattack.
There was a small advance on night of Au. 24 in conjunction
with Scots to make exact line of the objective.
Both on 24 and 25th August this was the heaviest barrage C.O.
had ever seen. It  lasted some hours - German was probably
unloading every shell he had - and every H.E. shell had gas in
it. No shrapnel; all H.E. and gas.
The Germans at the end of this shelling were throwing
everything into the forward ravine. The whole of the 8 Bn

except what was in the line was there, and Bn H.Q., every
signaller except one operator, was gassed. Two horses were

 

 

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gassed bringing up rations. If German had attacked on top 

of this it would have bee next to impossible to resist him. The /t

total losses were 7 officers and 249 O.R. for whole tour, of

which more than half were gassed.

Night of 25/26 8th Bn took over line from 6th Bn; and on

afternoon of 26th August, the right Coy. of Scots advanced to the

Green line - a little opposite - One post only worried A Coy.

The night following (Aug 26) 8th Bn was relieved by 5th

Division (30th Bn). (It had been undecided whether 56th or 30th

should relieve them).

5th Battn. Detrained Aug. 7 at Hangest and other Stns. Billeted

Bertencourt 7/8th. Aug. 8th marched to Aubigny. Aug. 8/9th

LIHONS. stayed at Aubigny in buildings. A little odd information from

passing officers. Had no idea they were going to attack.

 9th August, at 9 a.m. moved from Aubigny - moved to

Bayonvillers - no other order Near Bayonvillers C.O. stopped 

Bn for lunch: rode to Bde H.Q. C.O. got back with hurried

orders to finish lunch. 7th and 8th would attack, 5th supporting

7th; 6th supporting 8th.

 5th Bn. moved well right of Vauvillers and trying to get

touch with 7th Bn. which had got their orders earlier and were

out of touch ahead.

In trying to get up in touch with them 5th Bn had some pretty 

heavy casualties at the cross roads just south of Vauvillers -

from shell fire. Uncertain if this was direct shell fire.

Pushed on with two front Coys. wo a position about 200-300

yds. in rear of 7th objective. The right Coy. under Major

Hastie met no direct opposition but some indirect M.G. fire from

left. It had no casualties in reaching the old German trench.

xxxxx. Left Coy. which was under Lieut. M. Morrison found

that there was a gap on the left of the 7th Bn. and troops

supposed to be on their left. They made a fine charge in there

by section rushes and got in on left flank of 7th Bn. One

platoon under Lieut. Volum could see right ahead of them German

reinforcements arrived in motor lorries at n o great distance

from the front line.

C Coy. was thrown in and had to fight for its position in a

small copse on the extreme left. D Coy. went in as there was

still a gap - under orders of Captain Burke to counterattack

through this copse.

While going up to this position 9 Germans surrendered to

Lieut. Parker's platoon. They charged this post - which was

about half-way to the crest of the hill. When they got to the

two M.G. in this trench they found that the Germans there had

killed their own N.C.O. immediately before by hitting him on 
the back of the head and cracked his skull. Parker then went on

and took up position between left of 7th Bn and right of C Coy.

They were then right on the edge of the little wood above -

mentioned which was full of old stables, etc. Counterattacks

did not take place as the order evidently was not to c/attack

but to stop a gap and prevent counterattack. As they were

going up they could see the German de-bussing on a roadway

about 400-500 yds,. away. They wandered in by accident and

otherwise during the night. One of these Germans, educated

at Oxford, who had been trying to be captured for 9 months,

told Sergt.

 

 

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