were fired in connection with this attack. About 80000 shells were fired into our line between the Ypres Commines Railway & the Canal. The 78th Brigade was ordered to move up to RENINGHELST this afternoon from the rest area. At 9pm the situation is unchanged & the Germans hold the three trenches. 16 February 1916Remainder of 3rd Division ordered to be ready to move at short notice but in the evening the order came that we should not be required. Heavy shelling seems to be going on on both sides, but no further counter attacks have yet been made. It is difficult to make our from the reports whether the Germans have captured the bluff – if this is so, it makes