Hull Commercials - patrol in No man's land

 Hul Commercials - Orders

A COY Frontline Trench

B COY Reserve Trench 

Orders: 

Sentry A3: A. JONES

Sentry B3: A. ANTHONY

Sentry C3: B. WARD

Recce Party: 

D. ALLOT-RAWSON

B. NORFIELD 

B. THOMPSETT 

Listening Post: J. MIMMACK

Recce Route start from A3 then make observations from the crater line at B6, then head back to WELLS STREET at B3

The Padre will remind them of the 11th Commandment  Though shalt not get caught.

Observations to focus on intersection of A7 and B8

 As darkness falls, Corporal Allot-Rawson leads the patrol over the bags!

The patrol creeps forward on turns 2 and 3, going prone as a star shell lands.  On turn 4 they appraoch the large shell crater, and bump straight into a German patrol ...

 

The Hull Commercials 

The Hull Commercials go left, the Germans go left - in the darkness - but the outer men clash.  Norfield is wounded - and a general melee ensues.

 Allott Rawson injuries the German patrol leader, but both he and Thompsett are killed.

Both open up with machine gun and trench mortar fire.  Norfield makes it back and is recovered by the Stretcher Bearers - but a stray mortar round wounds the Company Commander, Major Moore - who is taken to the RAP.

All quiet for the rest of the evening...