Item 04: James I. Marshall diary, 24 November-12 December 1916 - Page 47

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[Page 47]

I rejoined my section.

That afternoon – the 6/9th – we all moved on to follow the 8th Bde who were keeping in contact with Fritz, but only went as far as a big copse near the village of Bouvincourt, where we settled down for an indefinite period.

Just after we got there a stray Hun arrived and I was told to question him. As the crowd were all there gaping at him, he got the wind up and I got stage fright so things did not go too well. However I got what news he had, and for my trouble was prac[tically]

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