25 September 1915:
The first of a number of longer diary entries from Louis.
'General attack all along line. On the march. Passed by a lot of cavalry. Had eight hours with packs on. On guard at night. Rain all day. Rotten!'
The Battalion diary notes they moved from Ecquerdeques to Hallincourt through the day. Only reaching the latter after having to turn round in a narrow lane quite late in the evening. They had paraded at 8am and only billeted in Hallincourt at 11.30pm. It also makes mention of the cavalry , passing through to the front. What Louis refers to as a general attack the Battalion diary notes as the Great Battle, which although not involving the Scots Guards at this stage had commenced with news that Givenchy had been taken and much of the German 1st line.
'General attack all along line. On the march. Passed by a lot of cavalry. Had eight hours with packs on. On guard at night. Rain all day. Rotten!'
The Battalion diary notes they moved from Ecquerdeques to Hallincourt through the day. Only reaching the latter after having to turn round in a narrow lane quite late in the evening. They had paraded at 8am and only billeted in Hallincourt at 11.30pm. It also makes mention of the cavalry , passing through to the front. What Louis refers to as a general attack the Battalion diary notes as the Great Battle, which although not involving the Scots Guards at this stage had commenced with news that Givenchy had been taken and much of the German 1st line.
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