Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 38

• February 5, 2018 15:31:33 Annick Rodriguez

  have a nice time being in a small Town

  Thanks to Fritz we were just forgetting

  this little accident we had been here

  2 Days when we had Orders to go up the

  Line again in a Section of the Line

  known as Givenchy which  Laid to the

  right of La Basse but when we got

  there after about 4 Hours March we

  had the shock of our Lives as the

  Regt which we were going to relieve were

  straggling out of the Trenches with

  there Eyes out of their Heads Shell

  shock and Fright they had had a

  Terrible hiding by Fritz with High

  Explosive shells and had knocked

  half the Regiment out the consequences

  were that when we got in the Line there

  was nobody to relieve as they had all

  came out who could get out so we knew

  we were in for a Basin Full of Trouble

  Here little did we no we had to go over

  the Top here very allright with a few

  casualty but Later on in the Evening

  it got very bad a s the Germans were

  shelling us with a very High Explosive

  Shell called Lyditi and we were in

  a sort of a Basin being shelled from

  Every Direction we soon had a lot

  of Casualty including 2 officers killed

  and several wounded it meant that

  we Either had to go over the rop and

  straighten the Line or retire back

  a Little to stoppe the  ...  fire

  
  

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