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Having taken an inventory of the gear & sent it & the prisoners back to H.Q. I returned to the trench & during the day, while an intermittent bombardment went on, consolidated the position & improved communications. In the evening we were moved forward beyond the main road & here had to dig in at the spot shown A3, the most advanced position with the exception of scouting patrols ahead. Just as we were getting down & feeling secure from shrapnel we got the order to squeeze in to the left & make room for B Co. on our right. The boys grumbled a good deal, but this afterwards proved to be our salvation, for while B had to evacuate their section of trench we were able to hang on to ours. Forgot to say that while moving over from A2 to A3 I came across McClintock of C. South, - a long looked for meeting, but of necessity exceeding brief.
Altogether it had been the strangest Sabbath I had ever spent. Capt. Cotton joined us up at nightfall & all were glad to see him back. A very keen look-out had to be kept all night, but no attack came, & the new