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REF. 57 c S.E. 1/10,000
GOUZEAUCOURT
 FRONT LINE
14/5ctd.
Disposition of the companies was as follows :- 'B' took over the right
sector of the Battalion front and 'D' the left sector. 'C' company occupied
the support trenches in R. 26. b. and 'A' company moved up into
FIFTEEN RAVINE as reserve company.
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|officer| patrols were sent out at night from each comany in the Front
Line to keep touch with the enemy and to prevent him from repairing gaps
in his wire. Patrols remained out from dusk until dawn.
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Battalion in Front Line - Strong officer's patrols again sent out
from the 2 Front Line companies.
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strong patrol, consisting of 3 officers and 30 OR, under command of Capt
H. P. B. Gough, went out from the right company front at 9.30 pm with
the object of securing identifications and examining the THE BARRACKS
- R. 21. d, and enemy wire, and trenches between S.E. corner of
LA VACQUERIE and the main CAMBRAI ROAD. At 9.55 p.m. - after
a 5 minutes barrage ^ |as arranged| our artillery lifted off the trench
referred to above and the patrol dashed forward through the gaps in the
wire in 3 parties. The right and left parties entered the trench and bombed
inwards whilst the centre party remained on the parapet. About R 22
a 1.1 a hostile post held by a machine gun and small infantry detachment
was encountered. 2 wounded men. both belonging
[the sentence ending in
... both belonged .. might be expected to be completed on the following
page. Unfortunately this does not happen and is noted on the following
page - GGD]
HPA
Bailey
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