Marvellous bath today, first since we arrived. Went about fifteen miles for it but was worth it. Some of the lads saw Stan and Connery\u2019s graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bags of rumours but nothing definite yet. Moving out at dusk to take over from Rifle Brigade on road junction. Five from platoon went back for 48 hrs. NAAFI up again. Bottles of beer, bags of fags, no wonder they\u2019re scarce in England, soap, blades, envelopes, paper etc. Everything now packed ready for move. Sent home \u00a315 today. Moved up and took over from the RB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fairly quiet day. Some shelling by us and a little by them. Two planes came down and machine gunned on plain. Dive bombers on other side of plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few planes over this morning. New Coy Com took over this morning. Stukas over at tea time again. About 15 dropped bombs behind hills other side of Bou Arada. One shot down in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing much today. A little shelling by us but only three shots in reply. Mail up, 6 this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very cold today. Rain in afternoon. We\u2019re sending one or two shells over just to let them know we\u2019re still here. Rumour we\u2019re going out of front line for refit. Hope it\u2019s true. Wrote five letters. Terry accidentally shot himself in leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rain during night but not too bad now. More mail 5 this time. Patrol went out but found nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cold this morning. Stukas over plain just after breakfast. Too close to be comfortable. Hurricane Bombers with Spit escort over Goubellat plain. Rumoured they were after tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shelled this morning, couldn\u2019t expect much else as gully looks like a car park. We replied but don\u2019t think they\u2019ve got him. Quietened him a bit though. Stukas over plain again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing much again today. F Coy patrol had clash last night. Two casualties. He dropped another two shells pretty close today. No damage though. Rained like hell in evening and all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rain off but still dull. Knee-deep in mud. Good news. Communications cut between Tunis and Bizerta. Bebe and five warned for patrol tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing much today. Few shells very close. Still too bad for aircraft. Guns 48 hrs silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fine day. Fighter bombers over at tea time dropped shower just over the hill. Thought he was after us for a minute. Guns broke silence plastered Jerry digging in on hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another good day. Few NAAFI supplies up. Lot of activity at night near Skins position, guns blazing away practically all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haze over both plains today. Guns still bashing away at intervals. Planes over plain, 1 down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moved section over to new day-time position. Name submitted as compositor for First Army newspaper. Shells dropped three hundred yards away. Advised pl. com. position was no good and moved back to old place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fairly quiet today. Spits over. Put up tents. Got new suit and boots. Look good enough to go to a dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quiet day today. Very misty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Went to Gafour for a bath. Spent day there, quite a change. Rained in evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing today. Haze over plain again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
72 guns moved up and some Churchill tanks. Think the 11th Armoured are relieving us soon. Went for information on the PIAT. Earmarked as instructor for NCO\u2019s cadre when Batt. comes out of front line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing in morning. Stukas over twice in afternoon, bombs dropped 400 yards away. Few shells over too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quiet today, four shells about four. Few shells again after Skins put on a small show. Killed about thirty, took eight prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More shells and Stukas over again on Skins position. Left in evening for 48 hrs rest at A Echelon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Went to Gafour for a bath. Baths moved. Returned to camp for dinner to find tanks and lorry borne infantry had broken through at Tally Ho corner. Rumoured F Coy surrounded. Two tanks knocked out and one surrounded. Action still going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full night\u2019s sleep. Everything seems to be under control this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday Feb 1st 1943. Marvellous bath today, first since we arrived. Went about fifteen miles for it but was worth it. Some of the lads saw Stan and Connery\u2019s graves. Tuesday Feb 2nd. Bags of rumours but nothing definite yet. Moving out at dusk to take over from Rifle Brigade on road junction. Five from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":16965,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17409"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17420,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17409\/revisions\/17420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}