Hollebeke, Flanders. 1 March 1918. CSM A.S. Duncan missing presumed captured.
Hollebeke 1918
The night was very dark; conditions “very favourable to the enemy”.
At 9:49pm D Company came under heavy shelling. During the barrage a German raiding party of an estimated 133 men advanced through No Man’s Land and crossed the battalion’s front line.
Andy was at D Company Headquarters when the barrage began. In 1919 he recalled
Our position was a succession of improved shell holes. This was the Company front. Coy Headquarters was in an old pill-box which was practically in front of what constituted our front line. We had all our posts out. It was practically while we were in the process of taking over from the 13th, that the enemy raided us in force. I was at Coy. Hdqrs., where also were a Captain of the 13th Battalion my O.C., Major Henwood, and one signaller…
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