In support, reserve and at the front

  • 1st Jan
    Relieved (by 3rd SAI?)
    In support and reserve 
    Quiet turn of  the year
    Carrying wire
  • 2nd Jan
    Working parties
    Wiring
    Artilleries active
  • 3rd Jan
    Support and reserve lines heavily shelled
    Gas shells… no casualties as the men were forewarned
  • 4th Jan
    Relieved 3rd SAI at the front
  • 5th Jan
    Quiet
  • 6th Jan
    Four enemy crossed our line and bombed behind the line
    Otherwise uneventful
    Cold
  • 7th Jan
    Rained all day
    Trenches becoming impassable due to the thaw
    Shooting from both sides at cemetery (Gouzeaucourt British Cemetery 57c.R.31.c.9.6 ?)
    Several casualties
  • 8th Jan
    Snow all day
    Relieved by BLUSH (3rd Regt)
    Moved to be battalion in brigade reserve in Fins
  • 9th Jan
    Hot baths and change of clothing
    Thaw set in
  • 10th Jan
    Work improving huts
    Major C.M. Browne M.C. reported from U.K. for duty