clear-the-line

Updated: May 21, 2025

At 1 a.m. on Monday, orders were received to move at 7 a.m., complete for Ware, a distance, by the route set, of 25 to 30 miles, some say 50 to 100 miles. Official clear-the-line telegrams were poured out recalling the leave takers.

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