Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 02-1916

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REkDING MEROOIt'!, OXFc)RD ~ GXZETTE; NEWBURY ~D. ~ :AND BERKS ~m;JNTY PAPER. SATURDAY. FEBRUAnY 12, 1918.

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STORY OF TEE MIl J.OYAL lIEB.X8,
THE

~TTACK

CllUltCH SCHOOL XUAGDS AJIll
TBACltIlI.B

OF OCTOBEl!. llItlu

ARTleJdi T~._

The 8th RoyttJ Berks part

Clpa.t.ed

a

ANNUAL MEETING
111 th6 dea

THE

perat.e 8.00 costly assault. on Wodnesda.y October
13th when both they &Ddl the 5th Battal on
6UlTered hc"nly
officers aDd meD
In the
a~tcrnoon of that. da) an attack Watt made .. rter -a
bombardmont and under conr or a. cloud of
fiJbok o a.nd 8"'.....:1 U 0 t,hQ 0 em) s trenche6 south
l'e5t of Hulh ch I(l the Uohenzolloro redoubt
v,j e ga ned a.bout. 1 000 1 lords of t r ench. Just south
alld e5t of Hulluel but "'ere nable to rna n
tllr n our pcs L on there oW'1ng to the enemy s shell
fire So tJ est of St Eba e cuptureu and I (lId
the t renclles bel nd tl e Vermt> lefi Hulluch
road aud (h e south :VE'5tern edge of the Qua.rr cs
&DO her trench on t1 e no.rth ",oster h ee of tho

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trench of tl c H ohenzo lorll redo bt altbough the
eo em VIlS IcH I two eommun catton trcuchel)
between tbe redoubt and the Ouarrles
~ VIVID S TORl:
lIr PI lip G bbs dre n. very grapb c p clure
of clta~ UI:>uccesFofu l onstb.ught He l>8. d _
o 1.T gu 6 ere n¥ 5 ble Not one of a.1I those
b3.ttene6 b ch ¥ere m(li; ~cd 0 cr EI. v d e Elre ch
of countr could be loeated by il S Il;rcb nS glasli
B u~ l\hen t he to nbnr iment began t seemed us
though our shell
arne from even. 6eld Ii d
villngo fo ru let; back beh nd the hn es
1 he
gl t 6 r of t.hcse burst ::; 51 elb "ta bed t1 TO o h
the smoke of the I' cxn os a D \\; tl 1 tL e t. nkl ng
Ha.shes I ke tbe !markJe of nllll ne r fl.ble u rror~
hel ogr ll ph ng messages of d e:uh
rl erc "as one
ntle><S3Dt r()a.r n s n~ and fH.I ng
of
prod 2 0 s sound The hole I n
m a. PTev sh m rk "b ch r.b~urE'd
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the re were n ew clouds anmng froID tb e
II.nd 5P e ad ng upwMd'l
a greot dense curta
('If a. tlec.cv te:r.iu e Thel' eame fTllm nUT 6moke;
shells ~h ch were t.o mal k our lDf~T\t.ry attack
Through them a.nd be)C"nJ. them TO led a.uoth"'r
~avc or cloud a th nn e r
....h ter vl"~ r
h eh
c uns to the I!l'ound and tt en curled f QI"'I\ ard to
the e'1 mv s 1 nos
Thn t :> ou r ~a6 1"/1 d a \'"0 ce on one nf the
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It v.-as
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Whl'!n e ~ t over I er e
semethmc: vlV..tl ". for
n tl 0 ::;haoe of G f' t'

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fhev

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s veep nJ( the ~roul1d " h tl en from 01113 end
of 0 r I ne to tho:! olh~r and the.,. fire from fi e to

lundred bullets II; n nute W )01 !:iee t as
prett?j wa.l'm A ho
I p:ot across to
t..l
20
~rds of thp German h'c 1131 and o.s t ~ 5 8. bIt
T1
C&'<:-, ltolty roll amo 19st too w rm r dl'onne 1 d o n nt-o a. I ole ,,,here a
tJ e 8th Ro) al Berks officers coal box hOO fld e
'II ere Thud to iiI.) not
KILLED
d30r n'j Lo move so m ch as an e~el~sh or It
CRpta
R 'M Coo le
would 11.3. e been mv 1115 rno e as il e re wns a.
Sp.<!on<l L e tenant C Sa.lman
ma.c ne ~un at. work n f ront of me and 5 peTS
~eco rI L elltiQnant C Srn-rtal
a.:l 0 no
Secon J L e utenn.n t F J oteeif' 3r I BaLt.a.hon
To make t \"'or;;c tl e) hod s p ntt(' 1 mc !.or
Dorset &>'" e t a.U.acl ~1 8th Ro fl.1 Berks
ihe had 5everalnots u mv Ire to btl k;ept
Secon I L entenR-n t. H V Woodfl.)td (fir."t 1'13 rt. b t too 10 " ~ or the
1 1 ad to In the ro for
ported ro ssmg)
fo r houl'6 unt 1 t got tar~ 1'0 thAt I could era '1'1
I n k to .(J r ov.n tre c:l
Wbcn r d d move J
WOU:olDED
tlwugl t mv back was go I g to break
l) J hAd
C~pta n L H Ed ~ard6
b(>(>n S cr'3mped up
~ soon as t bega to get
Seeo d L e teU$Ot T B Ls,wrence
Secon I L eutenant L
Park 3rd Battalion dusk I startro e rn. OJ ng I \\ 8nt backwards lor
t.l e first: 100 ... ard~ \\ Ichlng the Germs. trench
DOr6f!t Re~ment attached 8th Raya.! Be.rks
Second Lteutena.nt V C Holland 3rd Ba.t a.1I th e t fleq ~od thou I turned round and had B.
expect F' eveTV mmute to ho nade
fa] on DOl"'Set Reg ment, a &tacned 8th R~al go h~d fir
s. pepper 00:1 of bv bullets because they kept.
B erks
send ng up slarhght8 and t1 ese make ntght
WOU~DED A~D MISS~G
Might as (Iav But I t1 a-nk God I Jrot baek
Second LleuLenant D E Foot
sRfeJv It took me two hours to cover 150 ya.rds
MISSD<G
To make It 'VOMe I hOO to lay beSide dead
S~cond L e utena. t W
E WoodthGl"pe 3rd comrade!> ODe d v ng Ulte nea.1" me
Batta.lion Dorset Rcgunent att.a.ohed 8t.Jl Royal
8f.rgea.nt G dd ngs tells tJ:llS gra.nl c stol'l of th-e
Be l,.s
bravl'!l"' of the oftlcers Captain R chn.rd Ma.rkham Caotc (kIlled n
We had out' rum ISSUed n tbe morn ns. a.nd
aeL on) was the second 50P. of Mr Cb&rles L then after" 1 tUe meal (caned dmner n c
Coote bart s..t.er at-law a.nd ~Irs Coote of 84 hfe) \\e were ordered to put on our gtUI helmeus
Wel3t Cromwell Road S W CaplB.1D Coote DS So11'o smoke bombs ~ere thrown W'Qll out. 9Ver th€
bOrn -on July 2.Jtb 189'2 and was educated a.t pa.rapet of the treoobes and then after a few
The Grange Folkestone IWd Radley CoUege ! m nutes Interv~ tlie lirst line DdV&Dsed Eacb
Ou lea.,mi; school ~ WlI6 admItted a.e &'fitudent a.t man cal'l'led a. pIck a1l:4 ehovel 60 tha.t he could

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