front at various times of the day to keep the enemy busy whilst other operations were taking place to the south. I have now under me two brigades of Field Artillery & a Howitzer battery. And a Belgian field battery can fire under my orders if required. The trenches are in direct communication with the battery commanders, by telephone - this is the only sure method of getting quick fire brought to bear on an attack. Mar 11th All quiet until about 5pm when a report was received that a portion of a salient held by the Royal Scots Fusiliers had been mined by the Germans. The trench ran as over:- [sketch over page]