Towards evening the shelling died down, and at night everyone began to get to work on the trenches. The Lincolns relieved the Royal Scots Fusiliers who went back to billets - they lost about five officers killed & the same number wounded and 300 men. About 160 prisoners were taken mostly belonging to the 172nd regiment. The object of the attack was principally to prevent the Germans sending reinforcements to the south where the 1st Army & the French were attacking. We were probably successful in doing this. Casualties for the Division were about 2000. 26 September 1915 A quiet day on the whole & I went round the trenches to see what damage had been done - considering the heavy shelling the trenches might have been worse 27 September 1915 The 9th Brigade take over Hooge