Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 59

• February 7, 2018 02:28:41 Thomas A. Lingner

  Germans had a patrol out and started there

  nonsense as they used to send a listening

  party out at night well we had to lay there

  for about 4 hours in amonst dead French and

  German soldiers and 100s of rats running over

  you and you dare not moved in case you were

  seen by the enemy as we were laying just

  about 3 yes from his trench we could here

  them talking to each other it was a very

  uncanny experience for 4 or 5 hours until

  daybreak when we had to come in and we

  clicked another day off which we well earnt

  We were up this part of the line for a few more

  days and then went back for a rest to a place 

  called Allowan where you could have a very

  good time one way and another we were back here

  for a week having a few lessons in going

  over the top as we were preparing to go over at

  Loos. After we had been here for a week we went

  back to Bully Grenay in Trenches known as

  Fosse 8 on Slag Heap the trenches were dug

  through the slag which had come from the 

  coal mines we were just in front of the Loos

  mine Tower but the Battle started on a Saturday

  but we did not go over the top the first

  day the 15th Division of Scottish Troops

  went over and opened the battle and they

  were knocked down like skittles and left

  hanging on the barbed wire which was an awful

  sight anyway they took Loos on our Left

  and the 16th Irish Division followed them

  up and we were in reserve for all this

  able to see what was going on but had to

  dodge a lot of Heavy Shell fire so on

  
  

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