28 July 1915:

On 27th the battalion was relieved in the trenches and marched to Calonne, some 10 miles away.
The 28th was windy and wet.

21 July 1915:

Letter to Beath.

19 July 1915:

In second line. Letter to Raymond.

On 21 July according to the Battalion diary RF and G companies went into the front line with LF and F in support.

Again this places Louis in LF Company.

The 2 day discrepancy between Louis's entry on 19th and the Battalion entry on 21st is not explained.  

17 July 1915:

Louis records that they went into post just behind where they had attacked previously.

The battalion diary gives the names of the posts. Dead Cow, Chocolate (RF Company) , Cats, Haystack, Orchard, Albert, Path and Pitch( F Company)

14 July 1915:

Letters to Huntley & Hollingworth.

Huntley is recorded by Louis in his 1912 diary , so presumably was a fellow planter. The History of Ceylon tea does not show a Huntley at the same time , but does note a Huntley in the vicinity in 1917. Mention is made on the History of Ceylon Tea of an A Hollingworth- whom Louis subsequently meets up with later in August.

Although see 14 December blog entry for ore research on Hollingworth. There is in fact no connection to Ceylon. Hollingworth , like Louis , sailed back to the UK from overseas to join up with the Scots Guards.

12 July 1915:

Moved to Colonne. ( Calonne).

On this day the battalion staged a cricket match between RF and LF companies. RF won.
No mention by Louis.

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11 July 1915:

Letter to Norman.

9 July 1915:

Letter to Raymond.

The battalion diary records that on 8 July the battalion lined thread at Lillers for a parade to see Field Marshall Earl Kitchener. Again no mention by Louis.

7 July 1915:

Letters to Walter and Aunt ?
Battalion diary records that on this day the battalion attended a lecture by Captain Heath RE on barbed wire entanglement and the construction of dugouts. This appears not to have merited a recording by Louis.

6 July 1915:

One of very few posts that Louis has crossed through- and no clear indication what the post meant. Names are Smith;Roy;Bryden;? and Burnett

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5 July 1915:

Letters to Aunt Maggie ( wife of James Prain Bruce and sister of Louis's mother) and Ethel.
The latter is not known.

3 July 1915:

Another letter to Raymond- Lillers.

2 July 1915:

Billets in Busnes