Item 03: Francis Brewer notes concerning Pte. Mark Lowndes's statement of the Battle of Mont St Quentin, 15 September 1918 - Page 8

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at the point where Glen Alley meets St Diddier Alley, the 17th & 20th Batt at dusk crossed the Peronne road, & worked round for about 200 yds under cover of a high embankment, having the Albert & [indecipherable] and the Somme on their right flank. The trench system on top of the embankment was held by the enemy.

On leaving the shelter of the embankment we attacked Fritz's in the trenches & bombed them out, & eventually