Item 01: Sir Charles Rosenthal diary, 25 September 1914-31 December 1918 - Page 261
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Push& Go, Tea House, also new position at Harringbeek. Returned to DAHQ at 1 PM Arranged programme for Road strafes and Trench Mortar operations.
Tuesday 31st October
For a change a fine day. Stayed in office all day preparing maps. Major Bates and Capt. Forrest went to inspect Heavy Trench Mortar emplacement. Long conference this morning with Divisional commander and CRE re laying of train lines, approach trenches to O.Ps., etc. Assistance promised.
Wednesday 1st November
With A.D.C. made a tour of whole front OPs., H.T.M. and gun positions. Made drawings of Moated Grange and Vierstraat HOUSE.
Thursday 2nd November
Left Div HQrs with Gen. Lawford at 8.30 AM. Commencing at Capt. Evans battery inspected all Battery positions, excepting 111th, 46th, 44th and 48th. Also visited Elzenwalle O.P exchange and Windmill O.P. Lieut. Coghlan RE reported for duty with artillery. Bates and self on maps and records of OPs., etc. to hand on to incoming C.R.A. and staff.
Friday 3rd November
At 7 AM with Lt. Coghlan commenced a tour (for his information) round O.Ps. and Battery positions, from extreme right to extreme left. Saw our Reninghelst Balloon break loose at 2 PM. The observer made a graceful descent in his parachute, while the Balloon quickly drifted off over the Ypres salient and Boche lines, being solidly shelled by friend and foe alike. It however dodged all shells.
Arranged for various engineer materials to be made available for O.P. at Lock 7 and for Capt. Sheppard at his new gun position.
Saturday 4th November
Major Sir John Keane to lunch. Afterwards with me inspected new H.T.M emplacement, and from Lock 8 watched the MTM bombardment from 3.15 to 4.15. Mediums