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This was not at all satisfactory because it meant that any message took a long time to reach C or D Companies in the night & during the day. Communication, owing to the enemies fire was impossible, the fact that telephones and wire are very valuable is amply brought out. During the night the machine gun was brought from its position in B Company to A Company in order to meet any movement on the part of the enemy from the sap head they had made. -
[See appendix No.1 K & KD]

 
8 am     3.2.15     ST ELOI
The casualties of the Battn from 8am 2nd to 8am 3rd Feb were killed 1 wounded 2. -

 
10 am to 3 pm     3.2.15     ST ELOI
During the day of 3rd Feb between 10am & 1pm the enemy shelled the right trench of the Battn without doing much damage. A few shells were also directed at Battn Hd Qtrs, but no damage was done. -

 
9.30 to 11.30     3.2.15     ST ELOI
The Battalion was relieved from duty in the trenches, the two right Companies (A & B) by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the two left Companies (C & D) by the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt. -

 
2 am     4.2.15     YPRES
The Battalion went into billets in the Infantry Barracks YPRES. - The casualties of the Battalion from 8am 3rd Feb to 8am 4th Feb were killed nil wounded 6 men. -