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Date & Time. |
To. |
From. |
|
Reference. |
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16 th November, 1916. |
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6-15 |
a.m. |
XIV |
Morning report. Right Divn report situation unchanged.
Hostile machine guns active interfering with our working parties.
Left Divn report situation unchanged. |
1176
G342
6432
|
| |
6-15 |
a.m. |
I Anzac
|
Morning report. Right Divn report situation normal.
Left Divn report less enemy artillery fire during night. Patrols report
GIRD Support line occupied by enemy. Otherwise situation unchanged. |
1177
G416
6431
|
| |
6-25 |
a.m. |
III
|
Right Divn report situation unchanged. Fairly quiet
front line, but Germans shelled our back areas and approaches considerably
during night. Left Divn reports situation normal, nothing to report. |
1178
G984
6433 |
| |
7 a.m. |
Adv GHQ etc. |
|
Situation report No. G.2999. |
1179` |
| |
7-10 |
a.m. |
Fifth Army. |
II Corps front situation unchanged. HANSA line heavily
shelled before midnight. V Corps front situation unchanged, but considerable
hostile shelling. XIII Corps front situation normal. |
1180
G297
6435 |
| |
11.5 |
a.m. |
III |
The 149th Inf[antr]y B[riga]de at 10.40 a.m. reports
5 German aeroplanes flying over front trenches firing machine guns
at our troops. |
1180 |
| |
11.26 |
a.m. |
III |
50th Divn. message begins. 149th Infy. Bde. 10.40 a.m.
report five German aeroplanes flying over trenches and firing machine
guns. |
6439
G986 |
| |
1.30 |
p.m. |
4th Bde. RFC |
New trench dug from M.24.b.6.6 to M.24.b.7.5. Communication
trench dug from M.24.b.1.9 to M.24.a.9.6. The trench in M.24.b. reported
on 14th inst. has been extended southwards about 200 ft. A small communication
trench dug from M.24.a.9.9 to M.18.c.9.2. Enemy trench dug from M.18.a.8.3
to
M.18.d.5.8. |
1181 |
| 7.45 a.m. Hostile artillery shelling cross-roads
at M.23.a.9.3 and also trench and road junction at M.23.b.5.8. |
|
| |
1.49 |
p.m. |
Anzac |
Following from 4th Aust. Divn. timed 1.0 p.m. begins.
13th Bde. reports enemy aeroplane down near SWITCH TRENCH. Guard placed
over it. 2 prisoners one injured. Ends. |
1182 |
| |
6.6 |
p.m. |
III |
Right Divn. reports enemy aircraft active about noon.
Shelling intermittent. At 4.30 p.m. enemy heavily bombarded area north
of BEAUCOURT. Left Divn. reports sitn. quiet. Hostile artillary. less
active than usual. |
1183
6448
G990 |
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DATE & HOUR
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TO
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FROM
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(handwritten)
|
REF.
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16 th November, 1916.
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6.18 |
p.m. |
XIV |
Evening report. Sitn unchanged. Right Divn. report hostile
artillery less active. Enemy shelled MORVAL and LESBOEUFS and our
battery positions with little material damage. Left Divn. report sitn.
normal. |
1184
6449
G350 |
| |
6.22 |
p.m. |
Anzac |
Evening sitn report. 4th Australian Divn and 2nd Australian
Divn. both report sitn normal. Enemy arty fire heavy against 2nd Aus.
Divn's left between 2.45 and 3.20 p.m. LONGUEVAL shelled during the
afternoon. Both Divns report enemy plane brought down at 12.30 p.m.
about T.1.central. 2nd Aus. Divn. also reports enemy plane forced
to land in N.16. |
1185
6450
G436 |
| |
6.50 |
p.m. Adv. GHQ etc |
- |
Sitn. report No. G.3007. |
1186 |
| |
8.5 |
p.m. |
Fifth Army |
II Corps reports hostile artillery very active on whole
of 19th Division front. V Corps reports enemy heavily bombarded BEAUCOURT
and our front line North of ANCRE from 4.0 p.m. and still continue.
One patrol succeeded in getting to MUCK Trench which is not occupied
by either side. The remainder have been held up by German barrage.
Observer reports that casualties were inflicted by machine gun fire
from aeroplane on
|
1187
6456
G310 |
| enemy in FRANKFORT TRENCH. XIII Corps situation normal.
Prisoners last 24 hours unwounded one officer 99 o.r. wounded 5 officers
198 o.r. Total since 13th instant inclusive officers and o.r. wounded
and unwounded 5981 |
|
| |
8.25 |
p.m. |
A.A. Fourth Army. |
Daily report. Germans seen 152. Germans engaged 82.
Hours 7.30 a.m. to 4.0 p.m. Crossed line 37. Hit nil. |
1188 |
| |
9.20 |
p.m. |
Fifth Army |
5th Bde. R.F.C. will be in the air tonight from 10.0
p.m. |
1189
6460
G314 |
| |
10.0 |
p.m. |
III |
It is confirmed that the detachment of 149th Bde. holding
GIRD Trench N. of Sunken Road in M.18.c. were driven out this evening
by counter-attack. It is not certain whether Australians were also
driven back. |
1190
6462
G992 |
| |
10.53 |
p.m. |
III |
Following message received from 50th Division begins.
B[attalio]n Commander of Right companies in GIRD Line reports that
at 4.15 p.m. enemy started shelling GIRD LINE causing many casualties.
|
1191
6465
|
| This was followed at 5.0 p.m. by a bombing attack from
the N.W. and from direction of LEBARQUE. The two companies after the
bombardment were too weak to repel these attacks and fell back to
their original positions.. |
|
| At present only 1 off and 8 o.r. of the right company
have reported themselves. Nothing is known of remainder. The Australians
were attacked at same time and also fell back |
G994 |
