1st Battalion War Diary, June 1916: Difference between revisions
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| A raiding party (D Coy) 50 men under Lieut BREMNER left ACHEUX in the afternoon proceeding to front line. The raiding party moved off for KNIGHTSBRIDGE BKS at 10.45pm & arrived at the top of SHAFTSBURY AV (point of exit) at 11.30pm with the exception of the two [[Bangalore
This arrangement was made on account of the extreme difficulty of getting them along the trenches. Apparently the guide took this way & the torpedoes did not turn up till 12.5am, it was then found that the fuse holes were choked with mud. The hour fixed for the party to issue from our trenches was 11.50pm but owing to the non arrival of the torpedoes this was delayed till 12 mn.<br>
At this hour the party started out & LT BREMNER succeeded in finding the cut in the wire at Q 17 A 8:85. All the wire was cut with the exception of the last 8' which consisted of a thick mass of iron knife rest trestles.<br>
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