The morning passed quietly, with some sporadic British
shelling of the German lines. However, from 2pm the Germans opened up a
significant bombardment of the British front line and Battalion HQ which lasted
for some two hours. No casualties were suffered and the War Diary reported that
“the men were all in dugouts, criticising the quality and weight and making
notes where the shells had fallen so that the nose-caps could be
procured”. (There was a profit to be
made by selling shell nose-caps in the ‘back areas’, although the practice was
not without its hazards). The response from the British artillery was limited
but it did continue at regular intervals through the evening and overnight.
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