The 4th SAI take the opportunity at Camblain L’Abbé to all have baths and foot inspections.
They then move to billets in Estrée-Cauchy (known to the troops as “Extra cushy”) for more training and then on to Carency to supply work parties for the front line.
Then 1 week in the front line trenches in the Carency sector near Vimy. Finally more warfare training at Ambrines.
- 1st to 3rd Sep
Camblain L’Abbé - 4th to 6th Sep
Estrée-Cauchy (Extra cushy) - 6th to 16th Sept
Work parties near Carency - 17th Sept
Relieved 2nd SAI in the Vimy Ridge – Carency sector - 17th to 23rd Sept
Trench warfare - 23rd Sept
Relieved by 2nd Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Moved back to Camblain L’Abbé - 25 Sep
Moved to Ambrines - 26 Sep
Rest & recovery - 27th to 30th Sep
Bombing
Bayonet
Rapid loading
Close order drill
Fire control
Musketry
Attack practice
War diary of the 4th SAI signed by D.R.Hunt, Major commanding 4th SAI
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