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A Company King's Own as a Company the King's Own going back into support, and the following evening we marched back to our billets in Mailly-Maillet. Our period of instruction had been most useful, for
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C Company in particular. We had experienced a bombardment and a bomb attack in both of which the men had proved their metal, and shown what was in them. As far as the Officers of
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C Company were concerned, those who came in contact with Capt. Woodgate will never forget the lesson they learned from him.
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A and
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B Companies attached to the Essex and South Lancs. Regiments had a quiet time, but
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D Company attached to the Lancs. Fusiliers in the Redan salient had their initiation into mine warfare, a platoon being in the salient when the Germans blew up a mine without, however, causing any loss of life. A good story is here told of Lieutenant W. He was out one night with a small patrol, the pass word being
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Shakespeare. A large German patrol was sighted and W and his patrol had to retire in some haste. W himself fell headlong into a sap on the top of the astonished sentries with the ejaculation
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For God's sake let's in, Shakespeare.