4 p.m.—Enemy cleared from Cheyne Walk, Bayswater and Spoil Bank. Oxford and Cambridge Terrace reported all clear. Reorganization of Keeps in progress.
4.50 p.m.—Arrival of 2 Officers and 50 other ranks, details of other Units, as reinforcements.
4.55 p.m.—Situation on Battalion front: “A” Company in occupation of Bayswater and Death or Glory Sap. “B” Company in occupation of Bayswater (with 17 other ranks). “C” Company in occupation of Oxford Terrace (with one attached Platoon of 5th Lancashire Fusiliers), Mairie Redoubt, Gunner Siding and Orchard Keep. “D” Company in occupation of Cambridge Terrace to Wolfe Road. Enemy in occupation of Warlingham Crater and Lower Finchley Road.
5 p.m.—One Company of 5th South Lancashire Regiment (Captain Hill) arrives, and is divided between “A” and “C” Companies.
7.20 p.m.—Mairie Redoubt, Orchard Keep, and Gunner Siding normally held by us.
April 10th, 12.30 a.m.—Our original line now held intact. A Patrol of the right front Company reports no enemy movement in No Man’s Land or enemy front line trenches. The night was quiet, with no Artillery fire, and little machine gun fire.
9.40 a.m.—Enemy Aeroplane No. 18 dropped a bomb on Bayswater, wounding 14 of “A” Company. Our low-flying planes fired into enemy trenches. During the afternoon the enemy shelled Windy Corner—Pont Fixe very heavily with 4·2, 5·9, and 8-in. (or 11-in.) shells. Observation of movement behind the enemy lines leads to expectation of another hostile attack. We opened a harassing Artillery and Machine Gun fire on the enemy front line, which continued until 9 p.m. and then slackened.
11th April.—Patrols out during the night of 10th/11th April reported no hostile occupation of No Man’s Land, and no sound of movement of troops. There was no enemy activity during the night, beyond occasional long bursts of machine gun fire from Embankment Redoubt and from North East. The afternoon was quiet, but there was a violent bombardment of Le Plantin in the evening.
11.10 p.m.—Relief of “D” Company in the left Sector, by “C” Coy. in the Keeps, was reported complete, but this relief was considerably delayed by shell fire.
12th April, 9.30 a.m.—The Brigade Major visited Battalion Headquarters and issued verbal orders for the relief of the Battalion in the Line, by the 5th Lancashire Fusiliers from the Village Line. Operation Orders were issued, and reconnaissances of dispositions were carried out at once.