1/4th Seaforth Highlanders move from the Arras area south to the Somme. They are involved in attacks on High Wood just a few miles from where Donald is fighting in the Battle of Delville Wood with the South African Scottish.
- 4 July
Billets in Étrun - 10 to 13 July
Trenches in L1 sector - 13 July
Relieved by the 2/23rd London Regiment and marched to Louez
- 14 July
Louez - 15 July
Villers-Brûlin - 16 July
Le Souich - 17 July
Prouville - 21 July
Méaulte
It is very possible that Reggie met Donald in Méaulte around this time. In Reggie’s memoirs he recalls :-
We met again by sheer luck, he [Donald] just out from the Hell of Delville Wood, I from Townes Wood ½ a mile away. Those two woods were not comfy places for a quiet stroll.
I think that, in fact, Reggie was not in Townes (actually, Trônes) Wood. However, he had been at High Wood with the 1/4th Seaforth Highlanders. High Wood is only a 1.5 miles away from Delville Wood and 2 miles from Trônes Wood.
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