Ypres 2 3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment

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captured german pillbox or mebu @ passchendaele


after period of trench holding near arras, 58th division moved ypres salient in late august 1917. 2/3rd londons held line until relieved on 18 september 2/4th londons, detailed attack of 20 september (the battle of menin road ridge). battalion took positions make dummy attack on waterlogged portion of no man s land no real attack possible. attack 2/4th londons successful, except @ schuler farm. 1 company of 2/3rd londons went stiffen depleted 2/4th bn. 2/3rd tasked making renewed attack platoon on schuler farm @ daybreak on 21 september. after german counter-attacks previous day, attack on schuler farm delayed further reconnaissance, during platoon commander, 2/lt middlemiss, saw farm s garrison surrender unit, hit fire mebu. platoon s objective turned strongpoint, found have been abandoned, whole position in british hands , held against fierce counter-attacks during evening.


although 58th division participated in battle of polygon wood (26 september), 173rd bde not engaged, , afterwards 58th went reserve.



passchendaele mud


the division returned line second battle of passchendaele. 2/3rd , 2/2nd bns londons detailed capture , consolidate first objective, after 45 minutes 2/4th bn leap-frog through , take 173rd bde s second objective. division arrived, weather broke, , pre-battle assembly in poelcapelle area extraordinarily difficult. battalion forced jump off @ 05.30 on 26 october line of flooded craters under enemy shellfire , struggle forward behind weak barrage advanced quickly. exhausted men, hardly rifle able fire because of mud, got no closer 250 yards objective @ spider crossroads before being pushed start line counter-attack @ 07.20. withdrawal of 2/3rd bn exposed flank of 2/2nd bn, forced withdraw 1 objective. battalion s co, lt-col p.w. beresford, killed, , @ end of day frontline strength of 2/3rd bn 2 officers , 17 men.


the 58th division remained @ poelcappelle hold line during november , december before transferred south in january 1918. here spent time digging defences, converting former french positions newly devised defences in depth. in february 1918 battalion absorbed drafts disbanded 2/1st bn in 173rd bde , 1/3rd bn 56th division , became 3rd londons (see above).








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