the trenches in ones two’s more dead than alive. their clothes heaped over with mud. I find a jar of rum & make tea all night. We give away all our rations & everything that is movable, & all our water. It has been raining all day & is still going to it. I dressed several fellows. One of our squads drop in lost. send them to the chalk-pits to sleep until the daybreak. the Pit is on the Bapaume Rd & we get in several boys to be fixed up that got hit near our station Friday Oct 20. Fix up dug out as best we can. praying that Fritz will not hit our station in trying to get the 9.2 over the road, all ready for the drive at 2 PM, but the show is postponed until noon the next day. took a good supper. sent down to the Quarries (Bert &.) at 7.30 with a letter & requisition from Major Bell & told to sleep there Quarries & report back to the Pit the
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▸ The war at this time
Eve of the attack
The assault on Regina Trench is scheduled for October 21 at 12:06 PM. The 87th and 102nd Battalions will attack behind a creeping barrage. Timing is critical: infantry must advance immediately behind the curtain of shells. If they fall behind, the barrage moves on and they face uncut wire and machine guns. The II Corps will simultaneously attack Stuff Trench to the west. If successful, the combined operation will secure Thiepval Ridge and straighten the British line. Over a thousand German prisoners are expected if all goes well.
