Thursday 26 November 2009

Sept 1916

September 1916 
2nd Saturday
Hospital.
Changed from Day Duty to Night after 1 month on days. 
Hospital Night Duty. 
written in a French hand  -
Lucie Branle
La Herlière
Par L’Arbret
Pas de Calais 

11th Monday
Part of B Sect are sent up the line nightly in readiness for our Gas attack. 
12th Tuesday
written in a French hand -
Madame Branle Dubois
La Herlière
Par L’Arbret
Pas de Calais 
13th Wednesday
Night Hospital Duty.
Very cold. 
 15th Friday
Bombing party of 12 Germans attack 5 N Staffs, and are taken prisoner, the wounded Germans coming into our Hospital 6 am o’clock. 
16th Saturday
Great British advance.
Flers, Martinpuich, and Courcelette captured, Foureaux & Bouleaux Woods
also won 2300 Prisoners.  For the first time new kind of Armored Car is used, Caterpillar. 

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