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An incident from Canadian WW1 Operations
Action took place 21 Oct 1916 just south of Pys France which is a few km N of Courcellette to East of the Beaumont Hamel area
"21/10/16
11:30 a.m. Six Batt moved up to advanced trench
11.55 a.m. Small parties of 102nd moving up.
11.58 a.m. 102 Batt moved up in sectional rushes
12.10 p.m. Artillery opened up along entire front on Regina trench. batt. on left of 102nd went over top.
12.12 p.m. 87th Batt went over.
12.40 p.m. First prisoners of 102nd coming back from Regina Trench.
1.00 p.m. Artillery fired pretty well nearly dead down eliminating rifle + MG fire.
1.08 One of our planes went over and dropped flares.
1.50 p.m. 100 Germans massing in PYS extended out and lay on top of ridge in M.7.6. reported this to G.H.Q. Our shrapnel smothered them.
2.18 p.m. 100 Germans massing in North M.8.C.
2.25 p.m. 30 more joined them. reported G.H. covered them with shrapnel.
2.47 p.m. 40 Germans moving in North M.8.a. reported G.H.Q. Shrapnel followed.
4.00 p.m. Our line pretty well consolidated. Light failed. We went home."
Maps http://picasaweb.google.com/54thbncef/ERICFRYBATTLEMAPS which show where the Germans "Laid Down" from the references Eric Fry gave at http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/warpages/Eric_Fry.htm
Look for the red dot at the junction of the three lines - that`s where Eric Fry probably saw all three German troop concentrations - he`d have been on a slope looking down at them
And who said I wasted my time in Military Studies? No comments from AOC 2009 DS svp
Action took place 21 Oct 1916 just south of Pys France which is a few km N of Courcellette to East of the Beaumont Hamel area
"21/10/16
11:30 a.m. Six Batt moved up to advanced trench
11.55 a.m. Small parties of 102nd moving up.
11.58 a.m. 102 Batt moved up in sectional rushes
12.10 p.m. Artillery opened up along entire front on Regina trench. batt. on left of 102nd went over top.
12.12 p.m. 87th Batt went over.
12.40 p.m. First prisoners of 102nd coming back from Regina Trench.
1.00 p.m. Artillery fired pretty well nearly dead down eliminating rifle + MG fire.
1.08 One of our planes went over and dropped flares.
1.50 p.m. 100 Germans massing in PYS extended out and lay on top of ridge in M.7.6. reported this to G.H.Q. Our shrapnel smothered them.
2.18 p.m. 100 Germans massing in North M.8.C.
2.25 p.m. 30 more joined them. reported G.H. covered them with shrapnel.
2.47 p.m. 40 Germans moving in North M.8.a. reported G.H.Q. Shrapnel followed.
4.00 p.m. Our line pretty well consolidated. Light failed. We went home."
Maps http://picasaweb.google.com/54thbncef/ERICFRYBATTLEMAPS which show where the Germans "Laid Down" from the references Eric Fry gave at http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/warpages/Eric_Fry.htm
Look for the red dot at the junction of the three lines - that`s where Eric Fry probably saw all three German troop concentrations - he`d have been on a slope looking down at them
And who said I wasted my time in Military Studies? No comments from AOC 2009 DS svp
