8th Battalion War Diary, September 1917: Difference between revisions

|Corps (British) on our left attacked some enemy posts – Battle lasted several hours (morning). Light barrage put down by enemy on our left. About noon enemy counterattacked corps on our left – light barrage again put down on our left. At 7.15 pm enemy appeared to counterattack again – very heavy barrage put down all along our front - but no enemy attack. [[Barrage]] lasted for about an hour. All our telephone line sheld for 45 minutes – 1 line to one coy the whole time. During night we carried on wiring, making of strong points 100^x behind our lines (3 such points) – joining up the two Advanced Posts in GLENCORSE WOOD & improving our trenches.

|Quiet day - At 9pm enemy put down heavy barrage on our front – but did not attack. [[Barrage]] lasted one hour. Our telephone lines cut after a few minutes. Wok continued as above.