to hold for a few days whilst we get a rest after four months steady fighting & our gigantic drive. I lead two squads to down turn I fall into a six foot trench & get a fine old bumps in the dark, we leave two squads (the two next out) to open up a new station in a place we have captured Givenchy. but two cases come along so we go back to Blue Bull to open up the new station in Givenchy at daybreak. Capt W Creighton calls for me as a runner & I have to set out with an eleventh fellow & find Norfolk Hqrs. St Vincent tunnel, No 2 far dugout & Tottenham tunnel. pitch dark. back up mud shell holes & water galore. & on the way back we get lost once more & are hiking over to Fritz & only just find out in time. I fall into a mine crater, then I know where I am. get back to Blue Bull at 3 A.M. & the 11th have to furnish two squads for the new station. Saturday Apl 14. Carry all our stuff to Dingwall Tunnel, we all go
▸ Where was he?
▸ The war at this time
Before the Nivelle Offensive
The French offensive on the Aisne is scheduled for April 16. General Nivelle has assembled 1.2 million troops and 7,000 artillery pieces along a 40-kilometer front. He has promised a breakthrough within 48 hours with only 10,000 casualties. But German intelligence has learned of the plan. The Germans have reinforced their positions on the Chemin des Dames ridge and prepared deep defensive systems. The element of surprise is lost.
