Up at about 5.30. Wet morning. Heavy barrage. Marched off at 8 o’clock. Rained heavily and <wet> bed sheets. Went across country part of the way. Arrived at Jenlain1 about mid-day. Put on guard at night and did 9 – 1 and 5 – 9. Went round to church in the afternoon, with Wood, Jones and Tresand and party of 57th men. Rained all the while. Heard that the Americans and French are doing well.
Tag Archives: Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
5 November 1918; Tuesday
Up about 7.30. Wet morning. Did practically nothing all day. Looked up a bit French. Heard that Austria had actually thrown it in1. Got down to it at about 9.30. Told at about midnight that we should be moving away at 8 to-morrow.
See note on 31 October. ↩
4 November 1918; Monday
Up shortly after 7. Packed up ready to move. Heard that the Germans had retired and our people advanced to the position which they were going to attack this morning. Also rumour that leave will open shortly. Wrote letter to Mother and talked about pre-war work and turned in about 9.20. Read scraps from Everyman1. Moved to Vendegies2.
See Everyman and all posts tagged Everyman. ↩
Vendegies: probably Vendegies-sur-Écaillon (B), 6km ENE. from Montrécourt (A), ie still moving steadily NE. from Cambrai; but there is also a Vendegies-au-Bois (C), some 11km further S.; both in Michelin square N6. ↩