Thursday 29th August 1918

In Brigade reserve camp near Cavalletto.

Maj. Edward Borrow DSO (see 27^th August), wrote home to his wife (I am very grateful to Dr. Bendor Grosvenor for lowing me access to Maj. Borrow's letters),

“We’re in a camp on the top of a mountain and look down almost 3,500 feet down the steep mountainous side to the Venetian plain. On a clear day it’s a wonderful view, although never too clear to see the Adriatic, which is in fact too far away. But you can imagine how beautifully the white Italian villages show up and, as they get quite a lot of rain, how green everything is down below, where every inch is cultivated. The grapes are ripe now, though they are more used for making wine than as table fruit and every day we have a huge water melon on the table!

Everybody is very bucked about our raid. We all took an infinity of trouble over it and have even received the congratulations of the Commander in Chief, which is a rare thing for him to do! For the moment the 10^th Dukes are top dog and hold the record in the Division for prisoners taken.”

Maj. Edward Borrow DSO

Following the accidental injury suffered by Pte. Bruce Ernest Nash (see 14^th June) on 14^th June, formal reports regarding the incident were submitted by Capt. Dick Bolton MC (see 23^rd August), as Pte. Nash had, incorrectly, been noted as having been wounded in action.

2Lt. Christopher Longstaff (see 13^th January), serving in France with 9West Yorks, departed on two weeks’ leave to England.

Pte. Edwin Dawson (see 12^th July), who had been in England since having suffered severe wounds to his chest, left wrist and left foot on 20^th September 1917, was posted from 3DWR at North Shields to 14DWR at Clacton.

Fred Tate (see 3^rd January), who had been an original member of ‘A’ Company but had been discharged on grounds of ill health whilst the Company was in training, died, aged 48, at his home in Gomersal. His cause of death was stated as being “phtisis pulmonalis” (TB).