Recovery continued

      • 1st Oct
        Still in Ledringhem
        Training

          • Physical drill
          • Bayonet fighting
          • Musketry
          • Close order drill
          • Specialist training

        Inter-company football

      • 2nd Oct
        Baths at Arneke
        Inter-company football
      • 3rd Oct
        Training

        • Instruction in German machine guns
        • Lewis guns
        • Artillery formations
        • Bayonet fighting
        • Physical training
      • 4th Oct
        Marched to billets in Houlle
      • 5th to 6th Oct
        Training

        • Artillery formations
        • Marching
        • Bayonet fighting
        • Platoon & Company attack formations
        • Musketry
      • 7th Oct
        Too wet for musketry training
      • 8th to 9th Oct
        Platoon & Company attacks
        Battalion attacks
        Musketry
      • 10th Oct
        Marched to Watten
        Train to Dirty Bucket Corner (well named!)
        Marched to billets at Brake Camp
      • 11th Oct
        Ordered to be prepared to move at a moment’s notice
        Working party of 200 bused to St. Julien. Engaged in carrying material to the front. Returned at 5.30am next morning
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