Item 01: Sir Charles Rosenthal diary, 25 September 1914-31 December 1918 - Page 458
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Wednesday 4th September
The 5th Division still continued to have heavy fighting at Flamicourt. Our own troops have maintained touch with the 5th Division at St. Denis and with the 74th Division North East of Haut Allaines. Reliefs carried out during the night, the 231st Brigade of 74th Division relieving the Northern sector of our front and the 8th Brigade of 5th Aust. Division relieving our Southern sector. Before handing over, however, General Wisdom pushed out his North and South flanks very appreciably in conjunction with flank Brigades. Command of their respective new sectors passed to the G.O.C's. 5th Aust. and 74th Divisions at midnight. Early in the afternoon the 5th Brigade moved to billeting area in the vicinity of Frise, the 6th Brigade following later to their area near Cappy, while the 7th Brigade after relief, moved to the western bank of the Somme opposite Halle & bivouaced. Divisional Artillery also came out of the line and moved to the vicinity of Bray.
Thursday 5th September
The 7th Brigade moved to its billeting area, near Eclusier. The whole Division is now in rest. The three Brigadiers dined with us at Divisional Head Quarters and Colonel Miles and Colonel Corlette returned from leave. Corps made a request for a working party of 500 Pioneers to assist in urgent Railway operations in connection with opening the permanent way to Peronne.
Friday 6th September
In morning Colonel Miles and O'Hara Wood and myself motored through Herbecourt, Omiecourt, Clery, and Feuillaucourt to Mount St. Quentin. We roamed over the Mount and along the spine running North Easterly, that was captured by the 7th Brigade on the 2nd instant. Looking from