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The Ypres Times.
In the attacks arranged to open early on the morning of 26th, the 1st Middlesex
were to gain the line, roughly, east and south of Polygon Wood beyond Cameron Ho.
and Jut Farm, and this was to be prolonged to the north by the Australians and to the
south by the 100th Infantry Brigade.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Suffolks had to follow in support
and reserve to the attack respectively.
Such was the general situation on the night of the 24th. We will now study the
fortunes of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in detail.
Imperial, War Museum Photograph. Crown Copyright.
The whole of the 24th had been quiet, and the march of the 03rd from the Railway
Dug-out near Hooge to the concentration area south of Glencorse Wood was uneventful.
The weather was bright and sunny and the temperature was warm for the time of the
year. Owing to this, the visibility was good until a later hour than usual, and it is more
than likely that the enemy could see the latter stages of the relief as the incoming and out
going Regiments passed over the ridge east of Clapham Junction.
Whether he did or not, the fact remains that the usual desultory shelling, which
went on all day, increased considerably in this area as dusk was falling and did not die
down until about 10.30 p.m.
Fortunately not many casualties were incurred by the Regiment, but a detachment
of the Machine Gun Battalion in one area was almost destroyed by one burst of shelling,
and were attended to by the Regimental Medical OfficerCaptain R. McGowan Hill,
D.S.O.at about 9 p.m.
