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About 200yds from the Ypres - Gheluvelt road the leading troops came under a heavy rifle fire from the direction of Gheluvelt. B Coy rushed the road. A strong force of Germans were then
found to be holding the far side of the road behind the small embankment some 15yds away.
It was now dark. B Coy held this line till they were ordered to withdraw at midnight. A continuous fire was kept up by both sides until 11.30pm when the Germans withdrew. A Coy prolonged
the line of B Coy to the right, their right resting on the barrier across the road.
As there were no Germans in front of their immediate right, two platoons were sent across the road in the dark to turn the German left. These platoons under Lt Woods could not make much
headway owing to a dense spinney in their front and so shortly returned to their original line, having accounted for one German officer who's body they found in the wood. It is impossible to say what other
damage they did. At midnight the order was received to withdraw to their original position in reserve. En route the companies collected a number of rifles and sets of equipment which had been left in the trenches
which had been vacated during the day. It was subsequently discovered that the Worcesters had withdrawn from Gheluvelt just about the time that our attack developed, which explained why our efforts to gain touch
with them during the night had been fruitless.
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1st November 1914 - C Coy sent to
take up a position in rear of the junction of Connaught's right and King's left.
A & B Coys under Major Finch left the Polygone wood at about 2pm and moved to some dugouts just E of the wood at Veldhoek in support of the 1st Bde. D Coy joined them from Bn Hd Qrs
en route.
C Coy relieved one company of the Staffords in the trenches and Col Graham took command of this section (Staffs & C Coy). [Private Stacey was killed during this action)
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