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were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landin
or during the day? continued.
To one objectives, as soon as we formed on to the road. it was bieng
shelled by German mortars. Serjeant Reynolds of "D" Company got hit in the
throat with shrapnel, later [inserted]he[end inserted] died.
As we marched slowly along [crossed out]the[end crossed out] in "Echelon Formation" a dispatch rider
sat on the bank seemed calmly smoking a cigerette while stretcher.
Bearers tried to get Telegraph wires wich had been blown down entwining
Him and his motorbike from his legs, one of wich appeared to have been
blown off at the knee, one s/Bearer seem to [crossed out]successfully[end crossed out] be stopping him
bleeding too much.
We eventually got sorted out and started to advance beyond the
shallow bridehead to extend on further. Our bridges had to be taken
and held, in the meantime we took prisoner's who made feeble
attempts to hold us up. By firing a few shots from trees, and hedges,
Etc". Then surrendering, through all these delays we could only get
to one of our bridge's by nightfall. Then formed a "Battalion
Pivot" to hold it over night. "A" Company, had led all day
and had some minor casualitys we had to guard the bridges
facing the sea the other company's all around. The other side,
our section formed a road block on the corner of a sharp
bend.
At first things were [inserted]quiet[end inserted] [crossed out]quitet[end crossed out], then two patrols attacked.
P.T. over