take remainder of Regina trench & Courcelette C.T. The 102 seem to have got into our own barrage had down by 6.30 AM bunch of Huns brought thro lost a Belgian coin from a Fritz hero. carried in a wt boy from Regina trench & he himself was hit in the foot. Get a bunch of mail to Belle as officer in charge at night censors 60 of us stand too all night to go over the top after the mopping up party. Sat Nov 11 Do not sleep all day. 2 letters from Belle. 36 of our boys sent up the line, I go on duty at 7 PM, not many patients, sleep 12.30 to 4.15 & feel jake Rumour says 25% leave when we pull out of here Sunday Nov 12. Go to Mass at Albert instead of to bed. Mass in a small room of a ruin in Albert General absolution & H.C. Slept all the afternoon. Fritz busy. we open up a heavy barrage in the A.M. duty 7 PM Monday Nov 13. Bombardment by us all day. sleep pretty good. Paid 15.00 a letter from my chum. duty 7 PM. a very busy night 31 patients
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Regina Trench completed
On the night of November 10-11, the 4th Canadian Division captures the eastern end of Regina Trench. The position that has cost thousands of casualties over six weeks of fighting is finally secure. The 46th and 47th Battalions of the 10th Brigade lead the final assault, with a company of the 102nd Battalion on the right flank. The Battle of the Ancre, beginning November 13, will be the last major action of the Somme offensive. The 4th Canadian Division will participate in the final attacks on November 18-19, assaulting Desire Trench before the offensive is called off. When the Somme ends on November 18, the Canadian Corps will have suffered 24,029 casualties, roughly 24 percent of its strength.
