.....................................................HUN LINE hidden by crest .....................................................100 yds - 150...
the 2nd lan,fus and 2 guns m.g.co.will be on the left of the bde. attack in 8 waves. 200 yards between 4th & 5th . 4 guns 12 m.g.co. and 4 guns...
i first saw BRAIN about 5 p.m. the evening of the 12th. he seemed pretty broken up, but had not been hit. JOHN CARR,the c.o's orderly of course...
sorry good people for not getting back sooner just did not have the time ,i will carry on with this dairy some 6 pages more tomorrow, regards...
The following casualties and officers in the 2nd lan fus. Sayers,charlie robeten,farrow,nipper,kennion, gammon, and maciver killed. Bertie...
the result of of all this was that the 93rd BRIGADE having failed on the left and the 29th DIVISION on the right , the GERMANS came down from...
DAIRY OF LIEUT. V F.S. HAWKINS. 2ND/BN LANC. FUS . 12 INF BDE . 4TH DIV THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 1ST JULY 1916 TO OCTOBER . THE ATTACK. copied...
Cheers kitty
HI GEOFF, ANNIE ,KITTY, thank you for the welcome, i think you will see a lot of me once i find my way a round, all the very best for the new...
cheers Annie,:) thanks for the invite and good to be on board . tonyrod
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