Training for forthcoming action near Passchendaele.
On the 13th, with Donald in command, the 4th SAI hold about 1000 yards of the front line of the Ypres Salient North-East of Hübner Farm. The night of the 13th/14th was one of the very worst nights that the battalion spent in their entire time on the Western Front due to the mud and the gas.
The 4th SAI are relieved on the evening of the 16th by the 1st SAI and move west to be in a position to supply working parties for the front.
Finally, they move towards the Belgian coast at Coudekerque-Branche and spend some time a little further up the coast at La Panne working on the defence systems. They are very relieved to be out of the Ypres Salient.
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