‘July 23rd. Attack by 48th Division and 1st Australian Division. Good progress. 49th Division front South of River Ancre....
‘July 29th. 49th Division left of 12th Division to River Ancre....
‘Aug. 27th. 49th Division relieved 25th Division....
‘Sept. 3rd. South of Ancre 49th Division attacked....
‘Sept. 24th. 18th Division relieved 49th Division....
‘Sept. 27th. 11th Division captured Stuff Redoubt.
‘Sept. 28th. 18th Division attacked Schwaben Redoubt.’
Except on September 3rd, to which we shall come back, the work of the 49th Division, seen from this angle of vision, appears more passive than active.
Let us enlarge the angle considerably. Instead of Sir Hubert Gough’s, consult Major-General Perceval’s Diary, the Divisional instead of the Army Commander’s. We come nearer to action in that aspect.