5-0

Updated: May 12, 2025

As the time went on, the mist became thicker and thicker, and by 4-50 a.m. platoons and Companies were unable to see each other. The shelling had ceased, it was very quiet. Punctually at 5-0 a.m. the barrage opened, and the advance started.

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