10-45

Updated: July 6, 2026

Fortunately at 10-45 the mist blew right away, and the sudden daylight which followed showed him where the Battalion lay; it also showed the Staffordshire's starting tape only 60 yards from where the Colonel had halted. Until 11-20 we sat in the sun and waited in the hopes that some of the missing people might join us.

John David Hills - The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment,: T.F., During The War, 1914-1919.