14th September 1915 - 11 days to go before battle

 14th September 1915 (Tue)- 9th RWF War Diary

11 days to go before the Battle of Loos

• Employed occasionally in working parties.

58th Brigade Head Quarters entry for the same day

• Enemy shelling on our Front at A3 and 5D also  XXXXX of LEES KEEP 
• He also opened MG (machine gun) and rifle fire against IND 1A and shrapnel about A.3.C.3.7
• About 9:40pm prevouse veneing on XXXX at A3C3.2 fired at and KILLED a patrol of 4 Germans.
• Belonged to 57th Regiment which has been in our front line for some time 
• at 2am everything opened!, Rifle MG and shrapnel fire against IND.1.C 
• Was Silenced by our artillery

Casualties

Lieut C F King - 9th cheshire, 1 man killed 9th Cheshire

Movement

• None

Comments

• A Very lively day and night!

Examples of what the shelling was like and what Sam would have seen