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NNP 46116 8 2 , , , 46116 8 3 the the DT 46116 8 4 majority majority NN 46116 8 5 of of IN 46116 8 6 the the DT 46116 8 7 mistakes mistake NNS 46116 8 8 is be VBZ 46116 8 9 in in IN 46116 8 10 the the DT 46116 8 11 misspelling misspelling NN 46116 8 12 of of IN 46116 8 13 names name NNS 46116 8 14 or or CC 46116 8 15 the the DT 46116 8 16 confusion confusion NN 46116 8 17 of of IN 46116 8 18 identity identity NN 46116 8 19 between between IN 46116 8 20 officers officer NNS 46116 8 21 with with IN 46116 8 22 the the DT 46116 8 23 same same JJ 46116 8 24 surname surname NN 46116 8 25 . . . 46116 9 1 I -PRON- PRP 46116 9 2 particularly particularly RB 46116 9 3 regret regret VBP 46116 9 4 the the DT 46116 9 5 mistake mistake NN 46116 9 6 by by IN 46116 9 7 which which WDT 46116 9 8 the the DT 46116 9 9 leadership leadership NN 46116 9 10 of of IN 46116 9 11 the the DT 46116 9 12 advance advance NN 46116 9 13 on on IN 46116 9 14 the the DT 46116 9 15 lost lost JJ 46116 9 16 craters crater NNS 46116 9 17 at at IN 46116 9 18 St. St. NNP 46116 9 19 Eloi Eloi NNP 46116 9 20 on on IN 46116 9 21 the the DT 46116 9 22 night night NN 46116 9 23 of of IN 46116 9 24 April April NNP 46116 9 25 6th 6th NN 46116 9 26 is be VBZ 46116 9 27 ascribed ascribe VBN 46116 9 28 to to IN 46116 9 29 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 46116 9 30 V. 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S.O.S. 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O.C. 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NN 46116 330 24 E. E. NNP 46116 330 25 Swift Swift NNP 46116 330 26 , , , 46116 330 27 D.S.O. D.S.O. 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C. NNP 46116 438 48 H. H. 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D.S.O. 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F. 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M.C. 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Gun Gun NNP 46116 505 33 Pit Pit NNP 46116 505 34 Trench Trench NNP 46116 505 35 . . . 46116 506 1 This this DT 46116 506 2 was be VBD 46116 506 3 an an DT 46116 506 4 important important JJ 46116 506 5 work work NN 46116 506 6 , , , 46116 506 7 protecting protect VBG 46116 506 8 , , , 46116 506 9 and and CC 46116 506 10 in in IN 46116 506 11 part part NN 46116 506 12 coinciding coincide VBG 46116 506 13 with with IN 46116 506 14 , , , 46116 506 15 the the DT 46116 506 16 sunken sunken JJ 46116 506 17 road road NN 46116 506 18 which which WDT 46116 506 19 forms form VBZ 46116 506 20 the the DT 46116 506 21 link link NN 46116 506 22 between between IN 46116 506 23 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 506 24 and and CC 46116 506 25 Martinpuich Martinpuich NNP 46116 506 26 . . . 46116 507 1 Greatly greatly RB 46116 507 2 daring daring JJ 46116 507 3 -- -- : 46116 507 4 and and CC 46116 507 5 profiting profit VBG 46116 507 6 , , , 46116 507 7 no no RB 46116 507 8 doubt doubt RB 46116 507 9 , , , 46116 507 10 by by IN 46116 507 11 the the DT 46116 507 12 demoralising demoralise VBG 46116 507 13 effect effect NN 46116 507 14 of of IN 46116 507 15 the the DT 46116 507 16 Tank Tank NNP 46116 507 17 's 's POS 46116 507 18 peregrinations peregrination NNS 46116 507 19 in in IN 46116 507 20 the the DT 46116 507 21 neighbourhood neighbourhood NN 46116 507 22 -- -- : 46116 507 23 the the DT 46116 507 24 little little JJ 46116 507 25 party party NN 46116 507 26 bombed bomb VBD 46116 507 27 several several JJ 46116 507 28 dug dug NNS 46116 507 29 - - HYPH 46116 507 30 outs out NNS 46116 507 31 , , , 46116 507 32 and and CC 46116 507 33 returned return VBD 46116 507 34 with with IN 46116 507 35 two two CD 46116 507 36 captured capture VBN 46116 507 37 machine machine NN 46116 507 38 - - HYPH 46116 507 39 guns gun NNS 46116 507 40 and and CC 46116 507 41 two two CD 46116 507 42 prisoners prisoner NNS 46116 507 43 to to TO 46116 507 44 show show VB 46116 507 45 for for IN 46116 507 46 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with with IN 46116 514 29 McDonnell McDonnell NNP 46116 514 30 Road Road NNP 46116 514 31 on on IN 46116 514 32 the the DT 46116 514 33 westernmost westernmost NN 46116 514 34 edge edge NN 46116 514 35 of of IN 46116 514 36 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 514 37 , , , 46116 514 38 ran run VBD 46116 514 39 a a DT 46116 514 40 sunken sunken JJ 46116 514 41 road road NN 46116 514 42 which which WDT 46116 514 43 had have VBD 46116 514 44 been be VBN 46116 514 45 strengthened strengthen VBN 46116 514 46 by by IN 46116 514 47 deep deep JJ 46116 514 48 entrenching entrenching NN 46116 514 49 . . . 46116 515 1 It -PRON- PRP 46116 515 2 is be VBZ 46116 515 3 shown show VBN 46116 515 4 on on IN 46116 515 5 the the DT 46116 515 6 map map NN 46116 515 7 as as IN 46116 515 8 Taffy Taffy NNP 46116 515 9 Trench Trench NNP 46116 515 10 -- -- : 46116 515 11 and and CC 46116 515 12 was be VBD 46116 515 13 so so RB 46116 515 14 named name VBN 46116 515 15 by by IN 46116 515 16 the the DT 46116 515 17 troops troop NNS 46116 515 18 doubtless doubtless RB 46116 515 19 in in IN 46116 515 20 recognition recognition NN 46116 515 21 of of IN 46116 515 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 515 23 complete complete JJ 46116 515 24 harmony harmony NN 46116 515 25 with with IN 46116 515 26 the the DT 46116 515 27 system system NN 46116 515 28 of of IN 46116 515 29 Sugar Sugar NNP 46116 515 30 Trench Trench NNP 46116 515 31 , , , 46116 515 32 Candy Candy NNP 46116 515 33 Trench Trench NNP 46116 515 34 , , , 46116 515 35 and and CC 46116 515 36 the the DT 46116 515 37 Sugar Sugar NNP 46116 515 38 Factory Factory NNP 46116 515 39 fitly fitly RB 46116 515 40 presiding preside VBG 46116 515 41 over over RP 46116 515 42 all all DT 46116 515 43 . . . 46116 516 1 Furthermore furthermore RB 46116 516 2 , , , 46116 516 3 the the DT 46116 516 4 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 516 5 's 's POS 46116 516 6 advance advance NN 46116 516 7 was be VBD 46116 516 8 flanked flank VBN 46116 516 9 throughout throughout IN 46116 516 10 by by IN 46116 516 11 strong strong JJ 46116 516 12 enemy enemy NN 46116 516 13 posts post NNS 46116 516 14 strung string VBN 46116 516 15 along along IN 46116 516 16 McDonnell McDonnell NNP 46116 516 17 Road Road NNP 46116 516 18 . . . 46116 517 1 The the DT 46116 517 2 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 517 3 on on IN 46116 517 4 the the DT 46116 517 5 left left NN 46116 517 6 ( ( -LRB- 46116 517 7 the the DT 46116 517 8 31st 31st NN 46116 517 9 of of IN 46116 517 10 Alberta Alberta NNP 46116 517 11 ) ) -RRB- 46116 517 12 had have VBD 46116 517 13 not not RB 46116 517 14 only only RB 46116 517 15 to to TO 46116 517 16 reduce reduce VB 46116 517 17 these these DT 46116 517 18 as as IN 46116 517 19 it -PRON- PRP 46116 517 20 went go VBD 46116 517 21 , , , 46116 517 22 and and CC 46116 517 23 to to TO 46116 517 24 accomplish accomplish VB 46116 517 25 the the DT 46116 517 26 reduction reduction NN 46116 517 27 rapidly rapidly RB 46116 517 28 so so IN 46116 517 29 as as IN 46116 517 30 not not RB 46116 517 31 to to TO 46116 517 32 delay delay VB 46116 517 33 the the DT 46116 517 34 main main JJ 46116 517 35 advance advance NN 46116 517 36 , , , 46116 517 37 but but CC 46116 517 38 it -PRON- PRP 46116 517 39 had have VBD 46116 517 40 also also RB 46116 517 41 to to TO 46116 517 42 establish establish VB 46116 517 43 a a DT 46116 517 44 defensive defensive JJ 46116 517 45 flank flank NN 46116 517 46 at at IN 46116 517 47 the the DT 46116 517 48 same same JJ 46116 517 49 time time NN 46116 517 50 and and CC 46116 517 51 thoroughly thoroughly RB 46116 517 52 secure secure VB 46116 517 53 it -PRON- PRP 46116 517 54 in in IN 46116 517 55 order order NN 46116 517 56 to to TO 46116 517 57 cover cover VB 46116 517 58 the the DT 46116 517 59 advance advance NN 46116 517 60 against against IN 46116 517 61 an an DT 46116 517 62 enfilading enfilade VBG 46116 517 63 assault assault NN 46116 517 64 from from IN 46116 517 65 the the DT 46116 517 66 network network NN 46116 517 67 of of IN 46116 517 68 German german JJ 46116 517 69 trenches trench NNS 46116 517 70 spreading spread VBG 46116 517 71 towards towards IN 46116 517 72 the the DT 46116 517 73 north north NN 46116 517 74 and and CC 46116 517 75 north north NN 46116 517 76 - - HYPH 46116 517 77 west west NN 46116 517 78 . . . 46116 518 1 The the DT 46116 518 2 attacking attack VBG 46116 518 3 line line NN 46116 518 4 of of IN 46116 518 5 the the DT 46116 518 6 6th 6th JJ 46116 518 7 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 518 8 was be VBD 46116 518 9 somewhat somewhat RB 46116 518 10 differently differently RB 46116 518 11 organised organise VBN 46116 518 12 from from IN 46116 518 13 that that DT 46116 518 14 of of IN 46116 518 15 the the DT 46116 518 16 4th 4th NN 46116 518 17 . . . 46116 519 1 Instead instead RB 46116 519 2 of of IN 46116 519 3 being be VBG 46116 519 4 divided divide VBN 46116 519 5 into into IN 46116 519 6 three three CD 46116 519 7 sectors sector NNS 46116 519 8 , , , 46116 519 9 one one CD 46116 519 10 for for IN 46116 519 11 each each DT 46116 519 12 of of IN 46116 519 13 the the DT 46116 519 14 three three CD 46116 519 15 Battalions Battalions NNPS 46116 519 16 involved involve VBN 46116 519 17 , , , 46116 519 18 it -PRON- PRP 46116 519 19 was be VBD 46116 519 20 divided divide VBN 46116 519 21 into into IN 46116 519 22 two two CD 46116 519 23 sectors sector NNS 46116 519 24 only only RB 46116 519 25 . . . 46116 520 1 The the DT 46116 520 2 27th 27th JJ 46116 520 3 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 520 4 formed form VBD 46116 520 5 the the DT 46116 520 6 attacking attack VBG 46116 520 7 waves wave NNS 46116 520 8 on on IN 46116 520 9 the the DT 46116 520 10 right right JJ 46116 520 11 half half NN 46116 520 12 of of IN 46116 520 13 the the DT 46116 520 14 line line NN 46116 520 15 , , , 46116 520 16 the the DT 46116 520 17 28th 28th NN 46116 520 18 took take VBD 46116 520 19 the the DT 46116 520 20 left leave VBN 46116 520 21 half half NN 46116 520 22 , , , 46116 520 23 while while IN 46116 520 24 the the DT 46116 520 25 31st 31st NN 46116 520 26 supplied supply VBD 46116 520 27 the the DT 46116 520 28 " " `` 46116 520 29 mopping mopping NN 46116 520 30 - - HYPH 46116 520 31 up up RP 46116 520 32 " " '' 46116 520 33 parties party NNS 46116 520 34 to to IN 46116 520 35 both both DT 46116 520 36 sectors sector NNS 46116 520 37 . . . 46116 521 1 The the DT 46116 521 2 frontage frontage NN 46116 521 3 allotted allot VBD 46116 521 4 to to IN 46116 521 5 the the DT 46116 521 6 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 521 7 was be VBD 46116 521 8 about about RB 46116 521 9 1,800 1,800 CD 46116 521 10 yards yard NNS 46116 521 11 , , , 46116 521 12 and and CC 46116 521 13 the the DT 46116 521 14 extreme extreme JJ 46116 521 15 depth depth NN 46116 521 16 of of IN 46116 521 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 521 18 attack attack NN 46116 521 19 , , , 46116 521 20 from from IN 46116 521 21 the the DT 46116 521 22 jumping jumping NN 46116 521 23 - - HYPH 46116 521 24 off off RP 46116 521 25 trenches trench NNS 46116 521 26 to to IN 46116 521 27 the the DT 46116 521 28 farthest farth JJS 46116 521 29 objective objective NN 46116 521 30 , , , 46116 521 31 was be VBD 46116 521 32 something something NN 46116 521 33 over over IN 46116 521 34 a a DT 46116 521 35 mile mile NN 46116 521 36 . . . 46116 522 1 As as IN 46116 522 2 with with IN 46116 522 3 the the DT 46116 522 4 4th 4th JJ 46116 522 5 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 522 6 , , , 46116 522 7 the the DT 46116 522 8 first first JJ 46116 522 9 objective objective NN 46116 522 10 ( ( -LRB- 46116 522 11 the the DT 46116 522 12 original original JJ 46116 522 13 German german JJ 46116 522 14 front front JJ 46116 522 15 line line NN 46116 522 16 ) ) -RRB- 46116 522 17 was be VBD 46116 522 18 carried carry VBN 46116 522 19 swiftly swiftly RB 46116 522 20 and and CC 46116 522 21 with with IN 46116 522 22 little little JJ 46116 522 23 difficulty difficulty NN 46116 522 24 , , , 46116 522 25 and and CC 46116 522 26 the the DT 46116 522 27 whole whole JJ 46116 522 28 line line NN 46116 522 29 swept sweep VBN 46116 522 30 forward forward RB 46116 522 31 behind behind IN 46116 522 32 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 522 33 barrage barrage NN 46116 522 34 as as RB 46116 522 35 coolly coolly RB 46116 522 36 and and CC 46116 522 37 according accord VBG 46116 522 38 to to IN 46116 522 39 book book NN 46116 522 40 as as IN 46116 522 41 if if IN 46116 522 42 on on IN 46116 522 43 the the DT 46116 522 44 parade parade NN 46116 522 45 - - HYPH 46116 522 46 ground ground NN 46116 522 47 . . . 46116 523 1 The the DT 46116 523 2 German german JJ 46116 523 3 fire fire NN 46116 523 4 , , , 46116 523 5 both both CC 46116 523 6 artillery artillery NN 46116 523 7 and and CC 46116 523 8 machine machine NN 46116 523 9 - - HYPH 46116 523 10 gun gun NN 46116 523 11 , , , 46116 523 12 was be VBD 46116 523 13 fierce fierce JJ 46116 523 14 and and CC 46116 523 15 effective effective JJ 46116 523 16 , , , 46116 523 17 but but CC 46116 523 18 as as IN 46116 523 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 523 20 bayonets bayonet NNS 46116 523 21 came come VBD 46116 523 22 through through IN 46116 523 23 it -PRON- PRP 46116 523 24 the the DT 46116 523 25 enemy enemy NN 46116 523 26 , , , 46116 523 27 as as IN 46116 523 28 a a DT 46116 523 29 rule rule NN 46116 523 30 , , , 46116 523 31 either either CC 46116 523 32 fled flee VBN 46116 523 33 , , , 46116 523 34 or or CC 46116 523 35 threw throw VBD 46116 523 36 up up RP 46116 523 37 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 523 38 hands hand NNS 46116 523 39 , , , 46116 523 40 or or CC 46116 523 41 scurried scurry VBN 46116 523 42 like like IN 46116 523 43 rabbits rabbit NNS 46116 523 44 into into IN 46116 523 45 the the DT 46116 523 46 dug dug NN 46116 523 47 - - HYPH 46116 523 48 outs out NNS 46116 523 49 , , , 46116 523 50 refusing refuse VBG 46116 523 51 to to TO 46116 523 52 face face VB 46116 523 53 the the DT 46116 523 54 cold cold JJ 46116 523 55 steel steel NN 46116 523 56 . . . 46116 524 1 But but CC 46116 524 2 on on IN 46116 524 3 the the DT 46116 524 4 left left NN 46116 524 5 the the DT 46116 524 6 wave wave NN 46116 524 7 of of IN 46116 524 8 the the DT 46116 524 9 28th 28th JJ 46116 524 10 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 524 11 presently presently RB 46116 524 12 encountered encounter VBD 46116 524 13 a a DT 46116 524 14 rock rock NN 46116 524 15 of of IN 46116 524 16 sterner sterner NN 46116 524 17 substance substance NN 46116 524 18 in in IN 46116 524 19 the the DT 46116 524 20 form form NN 46116 524 21 of of IN 46116 524 22 a a DT 46116 524 23 machine machine NN 46116 524 24 - - HYPH 46116 524 25 gun gun NN 46116 524 26 stronghold stronghold NN 46116 524 27 which which WDT 46116 524 28 had have VBD 46116 524 29 survived survive VBN 46116 524 30 unscathed unscathed JJ 46116 524 31 both both CC 46116 524 32 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 524 33 preliminary preliminary JJ 46116 524 34 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 524 35 and and CC 46116 524 36 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 524 37 barrage barrage NN 46116 524 38 . . . 46116 525 1 The the DT 46116 525 2 little little JJ 46116 525 3 garrison garrison NN 46116 525 4 here here RB 46116 525 5 fought fight VBD 46116 525 6 stubbornly stubbornly RB 46116 525 7 in in IN 46116 525 8 the the DT 46116 525 9 effort effort NN 46116 525 10 to to TO 46116 525 11 stay stay VB 46116 525 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 525 13 onrush onrush NN 46116 525 14 . . . 46116 526 1 The the DT 46116 526 2 heart heart NN 46116 526 3 of of IN 46116 526 4 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 526 5 defence defence NN 46116 526 6 was be VBD 46116 526 7 an an DT 46116 526 8 officer officer NN 46116 526 9 who who WP 46116 526 10 both both DT 46116 526 11 fought fight VBD 46116 526 12 and and CC 46116 526 13 directed direct VBD 46116 526 14 magnificently magnificently RB 46116 526 15 and and CC 46116 526 16 inspired inspire VBD 46116 526 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 526 18 followers follower NNS 46116 526 19 with with IN 46116 526 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 526 21 own own JJ 46116 526 22 courage courage NN 46116 526 23 . . . 46116 527 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 527 2 line line NN 46116 527 3 was be VBD 46116 527 4 in in IN 46116 527 5 some some DT 46116 527 6 danger danger NN 46116 527 7 of of IN 46116 527 8 being be VBG 46116 527 9 dislocated dislocate VBN 46116 527 10 . . . 46116 528 1 As as IN 46116 528 2 Canadian canadian JJ 46116 528 3 river river NN 46116 528 4 - - HYPH 46116 528 5 men man NNS 46116 528 6 would would MD 46116 528 7 say say VB 46116 528 8 , , , 46116 528 9 it -PRON- PRP 46116 528 10 had have VBD 46116 528 11 run run VBN 46116 528 12 up up RP 46116 528 13 against against IN 46116 528 14 a a DT 46116 528 15 " " `` 46116 528 16 snag snag NN 46116 528 17 " " '' 46116 528 18 at at IN 46116 528 19 this this DT 46116 528 20 point point NN 46116 528 21 . . . 46116 529 1 But but CC 46116 529 2 one one CD 46116 529 3 of of IN 46116 529 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 529 5 officers officer NNS 46116 529 6 , , , 46116 529 7 Captain Captain NNP 46116 529 8 Bredin Bredin NNP 46116 529 9 , , , 46116 529 10 of of IN 46116 529 11 the the DT 46116 529 12 28th 28th NN 46116 529 13 . . . 46116 530 1 perceiving perceive VBG 46116 530 2 a a DT 46116 530 3 worthy worthy JJ 46116 530 4 foeman foeman NN 46116 530 5 , , , 46116 530 6 ran run VBD 46116 530 7 out out IN 46116 530 8 of of IN 46116 530 9 the the DT 46116 530 10 line line NN 46116 530 11 and and CC 46116 530 12 around around IN 46116 530 13 the the DT 46116 530 14 flank flank NN 46116 530 15 , , , 46116 530 16 and and CC 46116 530 17 engaged engage VBD 46116 530 18 him -PRON- PRP 46116 530 19 with with IN 46116 530 20 a a DT 46116 530 21 revolver revolver NN 46116 530 22 . . . 46116 531 1 The the DT 46116 531 2 German German NNP 46116 531 3 fell fall VBD 46116 531 4 , , , 46116 531 5 and and CC 46116 531 6 with with IN 46116 531 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 531 8 fall fall NN 46116 531 9 the the DT 46116 531 10 spirit spirit NN 46116 531 11 went go VBD 46116 531 12 out out IN 46116 531 13 of of IN 46116 531 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 531 15 followers follower NNS 46116 531 16 . . . 46116 532 1 The the DT 46116 532 2 post post NN 46116 532 3 was be VBD 46116 532 4 carried carry VBN 46116 532 5 almost almost RB 46116 532 6 at at IN 46116 532 7 once once RB 46116 532 8 . . . 46116 533 1 Among among IN 46116 533 2 the the DT 46116 533 3 prisoners prisoner NNS 46116 533 4 taken take VBN 46116 533 5 was be VBD 46116 533 6 a a DT 46116 533 7 machine machine NN 46116 533 8 - - HYPH 46116 533 9 gunner gunner NN 46116 533 10 who who WP 46116 533 11 was be VBD 46116 533 12 chained chain VBN 46116 533 13 to to IN 46116 533 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 533 15 gun gun NN 46116 533 16 . . . 46116 534 1 It -PRON- PRP 46116 534 2 was be VBD 46116 534 3 a a DT 46116 534 4 strange strange JJ 46116 534 5 enough enough JJ 46116 534 6 sight sight NN 46116 534 7 to to IN 46116 534 8 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 534 9 men man NNS 46116 534 10 , , , 46116 534 11 this this DT 46116 534 12 highly highly RB 46116 534 13 - - HYPH 46116 534 14 trained train VBN 46116 534 15 soldier soldier NN 46116 534 16 fettered fetter VBN 46116 534 17 to to IN 46116 534 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 534 19 duty duty NN 46116 534 20 like like IN 46116 534 21 a a DT 46116 534 22 criminal criminal NN 46116 534 23 , , , 46116 534 24 a a DT 46116 534 25 steel steel NN 46116 534 26 stake stake NN 46116 534 27 driven drive VBN 46116 534 28 into into IN 46116 534 29 the the DT 46116 534 30 ground ground NN 46116 534 31 on on IN 46116 534 32 either either DT 46116 534 33 side side NN 46116 534 34 of of IN 46116 534 35 him -PRON- PRP 46116 534 36 , , , 46116 534 37 one one CD 46116 534 38 chain chain NN 46116 534 39 around around IN 46116 534 40 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 534 41 waist waist NN 46116 534 42 and and CC 46116 534 43 another another DT 46116 534 44 locked lock VBD 46116 534 45 to to IN 46116 534 46 an an DT 46116 534 47 iron iron NN 46116 534 48 ring ring NN 46116 534 49 on on IN 46116 534 50 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 534 51 leg leg NN 46116 534 52 . . . 46116 535 1 The the DT 46116 535 2 psychology psychology NN 46116 535 3 of of IN 46116 535 4 a a DT 46116 535 5 race race NN 46116 535 6 which which WDT 46116 535 7 discerns discern NNS 46116 535 8 in in IN 46116 535 9 such such JJ 46116 535 10 treatment treatment NN 46116 535 11 an an DT 46116 535 12 incentive incentive NN 46116 535 13 to to IN 46116 535 14 heroic heroic NNP 46116 535 15 endeavour endeavour NNP 46116 535 16 is be VBZ 46116 535 17 not not RB 46116 535 18 unlikely unlikely JJ 46116 535 19 to to TO 46116 535 20 elude elude VB 46116 535 21 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 535 22 apprehension apprehension NN 46116 535 23 . . . 46116 536 1 By by IN 46116 536 2 this this DT 46116 536 3 time time NN 46116 536 4 the the DT 46116 536 5 German german JJ 46116 536 6 guns gun NNS 46116 536 7 had have VBD 46116 536 8 realised realise VBN 46116 536 9 the the DT 46116 536 10 formidable formidable JJ 46116 536 11 nature nature NN 46116 536 12 of of IN 46116 536 13 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 536 14 advance advance NN 46116 536 15 and and CC 46116 536 16 the the DT 46116 536 17 depth depth NN 46116 536 18 of of IN 46116 536 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 536 20 penetration penetration NN 46116 536 21 into into IN 46116 536 22 the the DT 46116 536 23 outer outer JJ 46116 536 24 defences defence NNS 46116 536 25 of of IN 46116 536 26 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 536 27 . . . 46116 537 1 The the DT 46116 537 2 storm storm NN 46116 537 3 of of IN 46116 537 4 shell shell NN 46116 537 5 and and CC 46116 537 6 shrapnel shrapnel NN 46116 537 7 that that WDT 46116 537 8 swept sweep VBD 46116 537 9 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 537 10 line line NN 46116 537 11 suddenly suddenly RB 46116 537 12 redoubled redouble VBD 46116 537 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 537 14 fury fury NN 46116 537 15 . . . 46116 538 1 But but CC 46116 538 2 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 538 3 men man NNS 46116 538 4 went go VBD 46116 538 5 straight straight RB 46116 538 6 on on RB 46116 538 7 through through IN 46116 538 8 it -PRON- PRP 46116 538 9 , , , 46116 538 10 ignoring ignore VBG 46116 538 11 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 538 12 casualties casualty NNS 46116 538 13 . . . 46116 539 1 The the DT 46116 539 2 deadly deadly JJ 46116 539 3 diagonal diagonal JJ 46116 539 4 of of IN 46116 539 5 the the DT 46116 539 6 sunken sunken JJ 46116 539 7 road road NN 46116 539 8 was be VBD 46116 539 9 crowded crowd VBN 46116 539 10 with with IN 46116 539 11 German german JJ 46116 539 12 troops troop NNS 46116 539 13 , , , 46116 539 14 but but CC 46116 539 15 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 539 16 men man NNS 46116 539 17 flung fling VBD 46116 539 18 themselves -PRON- PRP 46116 539 19 into into IN 46116 539 20 it -PRON- PRP 46116 539 21 with with IN 46116 539 22 the the DT 46116 539 23 bayonet bayonet NN 46116 539 24 , , , 46116 539 25 and and CC 46116 539 26 left leave VBD 46116 539 27 it -PRON- PRP 46116 539 28 packed pack VBD 46116 539 29 with with IN 46116 539 30 German german JJ 46116 539 31 dead dead NN 46116 539 32 . . . 46116 540 1 The the DT 46116 540 2 course course NN 46116 540 3 of of IN 46116 540 4 this this DT 46116 540 5 savage savage JJ 46116 540 6 hand hand NN 46116 540 7 - - HYPH 46116 540 8 to to IN 46116 540 9 - - HYPH 46116 540 10 hand hand NN 46116 540 11 struggle struggle NN 46116 540 12 was be VBD 46116 540 13 thronged throng VBN 46116 540 14 with with IN 46116 540 15 incidents incident NNS 46116 540 16 of of IN 46116 540 17 individual individual JJ 46116 540 18 heroism heroism NN 46116 540 19 , , , 46116 540 20 so so RB 46116 540 21 numerous numerous JJ 46116 540 22 as as IN 46116 540 23 to to TO 46116 540 24 make make VB 46116 540 25 even even RB 46116 540 26 a a DT 46116 540 27 partial partial JJ 46116 540 28 chronicling chronicling NN 46116 540 29 of of IN 46116 540 30 them -PRON- PRP 46116 540 31 impossible impossible JJ 46116 540 32 in in IN 46116 540 33 these these DT 46116 540 34 pages page NNS 46116 540 35 . . . 46116 541 1 A a DT 46116 541 2 couple couple NN 46116 541 3 of of IN 46116 541 4 instances instance NNS 46116 541 5 , , , 46116 541 6 however however RB 46116 541 7 , , , 46116 541 8 may may MD 46116 541 9 be be VB 46116 541 10 cited cite VBN 46116 541 11 as as IN 46116 541 12 showing show VBG 46116 541 13 that that IN 46116 541 14 the the DT 46116 541 15 huge huge JJ 46116 541 16 development development NN 46116 541 17 of of IN 46116 541 18 the the DT 46116 541 19 mechanical mechanical JJ 46116 541 20 element element NN 46116 541 21 in in IN 46116 541 22 modern modern JJ 46116 541 23 warfare warfare NN 46116 541 24 has have VBZ 46116 541 25 not not RB 46116 541 26 robbed rob VBN 46116 541 27 the the DT 46116 541 28 personal personal JJ 46116 541 29 element element NN 46116 541 30 of of IN 46116 541 31 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 541 32 opportunity opportunity NN 46116 541 33 or or CC 46116 541 34 of of IN 46116 541 35 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 541 36 decisive decisive JJ 46116 541 37 influence influence NN 46116 541 38 . . . 46116 542 1 The the DT 46116 542 2 case case NN 46116 542 3 of of IN 46116 542 4 Private Private NNP 46116 542 5 Stevens Stevens NNP 46116 542 6 , , , 46116 542 7 of of IN 46116 542 8 the the DT 46116 542 9 28th 28th JJ 46116 542 10 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 542 11 , , , 46116 542 12 is be VBZ 46116 542 13 one one CD 46116 542 14 in in IN 46116 542 15 point point NN 46116 542 16 . . . 46116 543 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 46116 543 2 story story NN 46116 543 3 may may MD 46116 543 4 be be VB 46116 543 5 quoted quote VBN 46116 543 6 as as IN 46116 543 7 follows follow VBZ 46116 543 8 from from IN 46116 543 9 the the DT 46116 543 10 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 543 11 Report:--"Just Report:--"Just NNP 46116 543 12 prior prior RB 46116 543 13 to to IN 46116 543 14 the the DT 46116 543 15 assault assault NN 46116 543 16 a a DT 46116 543 17 party party NN 46116 543 18 of of IN 46116 543 19 six six CD 46116 543 20 snipers sniper NNS 46116 543 21 from from IN 46116 543 22 the the DT 46116 543 23 28th 28th JJ 46116 543 24 Battalion Battalion NNP 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The the DT 46116 581 2 action action NN 46116 581 3 being be VBG 46116 581 4 a a DT 46116 581 5 direct direct JJ 46116 581 6 frontal frontal JJ 46116 581 7 attack attack NN 46116 581 8 , , , 46116 581 9 with with IN 46116 581 10 no no DT 46116 581 11 feints feint NNS 46116 581 12 or or CC 46116 581 13 flank flank NN 46116 581 14 diversions diversion NNS 46116 581 15 , , , 46116 581 16 and and CC 46116 581 17 carried carry VBD 46116 581 18 to to IN 46116 581 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 581 20 triumphant triumphant JJ 46116 581 21 conclusion conclusion NN 46116 581 22 along along IN 46116 581 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 581 24 whole whole JJ 46116 581 25 front front NN 46116 581 26 , , , 46116 581 27 on on IN 46116 581 28 schedule schedule NN 46116 581 29 time time NN 46116 581 30 and and CC 46116 581 31 in in IN 46116 581 32 precise precise JJ 46116 581 33 accord accord NN 46116 581 34 with with IN 46116 581 35 orders order NNS 46116 581 36 , , , 46116 581 37 the the DT 46116 581 38 story 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20 again again RB 46116 845 21 and and CC 46116 845 22 again again RB 46116 845 23 according accord VBG 46116 845 24 to to IN 46116 845 25 carefully carefully RB 46116 845 26 laid lay VBN 46116 845 27 plans plan NNS 46116 845 28 , , , 46116 845 29 sometimes sometimes RB 46116 845 30 to to TO 46116 845 31 gain gain VB 46116 845 32 by by IN 46116 845 33 sheer sheer NNP 46116 845 34 valour valour NN 46116 845 35 a a DT 46116 845 36 temporary temporary JJ 46116 845 37 footing footing NN 46116 845 38 in in IN 46116 845 39 the the DT 46116 845 40 trench trench NN 46116 845 41 , , , 46116 845 42 only only RB 46116 845 43 to to TO 46116 845 44 be be VB 46116 845 45 hurled hurl VBN 46116 845 46 back back RP 46116 845 47 , , , 46116 845 48 fighting fight VBG 46116 845 49 stubbornly stubbornly RB 46116 845 50 , , , 46116 845 51 by by IN 46116 845 52 overwhelming overwhelming JJ 46116 845 53 numbers number NNS 46116 845 54 ; ; : 46116 845 55 at at IN 46116 845 56 other other JJ 46116 845 57 times 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VBD 46116 847 23 the the DT 46116 847 24 ultimate ultimate JJ 46116 847 25 objective objective NN 46116 847 26 of of IN 46116 847 27 the the DT 46116 847 28 attack attack NN 46116 847 29 . . . 46116 848 1 At at IN 46116 848 2 no no DT 46116 848 3 time time NN 46116 848 4 , , , 46116 848 5 however however RB 46116 848 6 , , , 46116 848 7 did do VBD 46116 848 8 the the DT 46116 848 9 attacking attack VBG 46116 848 10 troops troop NNS 46116 848 11 get get VB 46116 848 12 within within IN 46116 848 13 striking strike VBG 46116 848 14 distance distance NN 46116 848 15 of of IN 46116 848 16 this this DT 46116 848 17 last last JJ 46116 848 18 objective objective NN 46116 848 19 . . . 46116 849 1 It -PRON- PRP 46116 849 2 was be VBD 46116 849 3 on on IN 46116 849 4 October October NNP 46116 849 5 1st 1st NN 46116 849 6 that that IN 46116 849 7 the the DT 46116 849 8 first first JJ 46116 849 9 elaborate elaborate JJ 46116 849 10 and and CC 46116 849 11 comprehensive comprehensive JJ 46116 849 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1107 30 of of IN 46116 1107 31 liveliest lively JJS 46116 1107 32 satisfaction satisfaction NN 46116 1107 33 . . . 46116 1108 1 [ [ -LRB- 46116 1108 2 1 1 LS 46116 1108 3 ] ] -RRB- 46116 1108 4 The the DT 46116 1108 5 5th 5th JJ 46116 1108 6 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1108 7 began begin VBD 46116 1108 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1108 9 tour tour NN 46116 1108 10 in in IN 46116 1108 11 the the DT 46116 1108 12 line line NN 46116 1108 13 1,717 1,717 CD 46116 1108 14 strong strong JJ 46116 1108 15 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1108 16 all all DT 46116 1108 17 ranks rank NNS 46116 1108 18 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1108 19 . . . 46116 1109 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1109 2 casualties casualty NNS 46116 1109 3 during during IN 46116 1109 4 the the DT 46116 1109 5 tour tour NN 46116 1109 6 amounted amount VBD 46116 1109 7 to to IN 46116 1109 8 944 944 CD 46116 1109 9 all all DT 46116 1109 10 ranks rank NNS 46116 1109 11 , , , 46116 1109 12 making make VBG 46116 1109 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1109 14 strength strength NN 46116 1109 15 on on IN 46116 1109 16 coming come VBG 46116 1109 17 out out RP 46116 1109 18 773 773 CD 46116 1109 19 all all DT 46116 1109 20 ranks rank NNS 46116 1109 21 . . . 46116 1110 1 In in IN 46116 1110 2 the the DT 46116 1110 3 5th 5th JJ 46116 1110 4 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1110 5 on on IN 46116 1110 6 October October NNP 46116 1110 7 2nd 2nd NN 46116 1110 8 the the DT 46116 1110 9 5th 5th JJ 46116 1110 10 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1110 11 Mounted Mounted NNP 46116 1110 12 Rifles Rifles NNPS 46116 1110 13 , , , 46116 1110 14 with with IN 46116 1110 15 attached attached JJ 46116 1110 16 details detail NNS 46116 1110 17 , , , 46116 1110 18 numbered number VBD 46116 1110 19 only only RB 46116 1110 20 250 250 CD 46116 1110 21 effectives effective NNS 46116 1110 22 , , , 46116 1110 23 and and CC 46116 1110 24 the the DT 46116 1110 25 4th 4th JJ 46116 1110 26 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1110 27 Mounted Mounted NNP 46116 1110 28 Rifles Rifles NNPS 46116 1110 29 but but CC 46116 1110 30 175 175 CD 46116 1110 31 . . . 46116 1111 1 The the DT 46116 1111 2 casualties casualty NNS 46116 1111 3 of of IN 46116 1111 4 the the DT 46116 1111 5 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1111 6 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1111 7 from from IN 46116 1111 8 September September NNP 46116 1111 9 27th 27th NN 46116 1111 10 to to IN 46116 1111 11 noon noon NN 46116 1111 12 on on IN 46116 1111 13 October October NNP 46116 1111 14 4th 4th NN 46116 1111 15 were be VBD 46116 1111 16 as as IN 46116 1111 17 follows follow VBZ 46116 1111 18 : : : 46116 1111 19 OFFICERS officer NNS 46116 1111 20 . . . 46116 1112 1 OTHER other JJ 46116 1112 2 RANKS RANKS NNP 46116 1112 3 . . . 46116 1113 1 Killed kill VBN 46116 1113 2 . . . 46116 1114 1 . . . 46116 1115 1 . . . 46116 1116 1 . . . 46116 1117 1 25 25 CD 46116 1117 2 Killed kill VBN 46116 1117 3 . . . 46116 1118 1 . . . 46116 1119 1 . . . 46116 1120 1 847 847 CD 46116 1120 2 Wounded wound VBN 46116 1120 3 . . . 46116 1121 1 . . . 46116 1122 1 . . . 46116 1123 1 89 89 CD 46116 1123 2 Wounded wound VBN 46116 1123 3 . . . 46116 1124 1 . . . 46116 1125 1 . . . 46116 1126 1 3,364 3,364 CD 46116 1126 2 Missing miss VBG 46116 1126 3 . . . 46116 1127 1 . . . 46116 1128 1 . . . 46116 1129 1 8 8 CD 46116 1129 2 Missing miss VBG 46116 1129 3 . . . 46116 1130 1 . . . 46116 1131 1 . . . 46116 1132 1 1,176 1,176 CD 46116 1132 2 Total Total NNP 46116 1132 3 . . . 46116 1133 1 . . . 46116 1134 1 . . . 46116 1135 1 . . . 46116 1136 1 122 122 CD 46116 1136 2 Total Total NNP 46116 1136 3 . . . 46116 1137 1 . . . 46116 1138 1 . . . 46116 1139 1 . . . 46116 1140 1 5,387 5,387 CD 46116 1140 2 Grand Grand NNP 46116 1140 3 total total NN 46116 1140 4 all all DT 46116 1140 5 ranks rank NNS 46116 1140 6 . . . 46116 1141 1 . . . 46116 1142 1 . . . 46116 1143 1 5,509 5,509 CD 46116 1143 2 [ [ -LRB- 46116 1143 3 2 2 CD 46116 1143 4 ] ] -RRB- 46116 1143 5 The the DT 46116 1143 6 casualties casualty NNS 46116 1143 7 of of IN 46116 1143 8 the the DT 46116 1143 9 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1143 10 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1143 11 from from IN 46116 1143 12 noon noon NN 46116 1143 13 , , , 46116 1143 14 October October NNP 46116 1143 15 4th 4th NN 46116 1143 16 , , , 46116 1143 17 to to IN 46116 1143 18 noon noon NN 46116 1143 19 , , , 46116 1143 20 October October NNP 46116 1143 21 11th 11th NN 46116 1143 22 , , , 46116 1143 23 were be VBD 46116 1143 24 as as IN 46116 1143 25 follows:-- follows:-- ADD 46116 1143 26 OFFICERS OFFICERS NNP 46116 1143 27 . . . 46116 1144 1 OTHER other JJ 46116 1144 2 RANKS RANKS NNP 46116 1144 3 . . . 46116 1145 1 Killed kill VBN 46116 1145 2 . . . 46116 1146 1 . . . 46116 1147 1 . . . 46116 1148 1 . . . 46116 1149 1 20 20 CD 46116 1149 2 Killed kill VBN 46116 1149 3 . . . 46116 1150 1 . . . 46116 1151 1 . . . 46116 1152 1 344 344 CD 46116 1152 2 Wounded wound VBN 46116 1152 3 . . . 46116 1153 1 . . . 46116 1154 1 . . . 46116 1155 1 109 109 CD 46116 1155 2 Wounded wound VBN 46116 1155 3 . . . 46116 1156 1 . . . 46116 1157 1 . . . 46116 1158 1 1,793 1,793 CD 46116 1158 2 Missing miss VBG 46116 1158 3 . . . 46116 1159 1 . . . 46116 1160 1 . . . 46116 1161 1 29 29 CD 46116 1161 2 Missing miss VBG 46116 1161 3 . . . 46116 1162 1 . . . 46116 1163 1 . . . 46116 1164 1 390 390 CD 46116 1164 2 Total Total NNP 46116 1164 3 . . . 46116 1165 1 . . . 46116 1166 1 . . . 46116 1167 1 . . . 46116 1168 1 158 158 CD 46116 1168 2 Total Total NNP 46116 1168 3 . . . 46116 1169 1 . . . 46116 1170 1 . . . 46116 1171 1 . . . 46116 1172 1 2,527 2,527 CD 46116 1172 2 Total Total NNP 46116 1172 3 . . . 46116 1173 1 . . . 46116 1174 1 . . . 46116 1175 1 . . . 46116 1176 1 . . . 46116 1177 1 . . . 46116 1178 1 . . . 46116 1179 1 . . . 46116 1180 1 . . . 46116 1181 1 . . . 46116 1182 1 . . . 46116 1183 1 2,685 2,685 CD 46116 1183 2 CHAPTER CHAPTER NNP 46116 1183 3 IX IX NNP 46116 1183 4 REGINA REGINA NNP 46116 1183 5 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1183 6 _ _ NNP 46116 1183 7 continued continue VBD 46116 1183 8 _ _ NNP 46116 1183 9 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1183 10 The the DT 46116 1183 11 4th 4th JJ 46116 1183 12 Division Division NNP 46116 1183 13 , , , 46116 1183 14 commanded command VBN 46116 1183 15 by by IN 46116 1183 16 Major Major NNP 46116 1183 17 - - HYPH 46116 1183 18 General General NNP 46116 1183 19 David David NNP 46116 1183 20 Watson Watson NNP 46116 1183 21 , , , 46116 1183 22 C.B. C.B. NNP 46116 1183 23 , , , 46116 1183 24 C.M.G. C.M.G. NNP 46116 1183 25 , , , 46116 1183 26 entered enter VBD 46116 1183 27 the the DT 46116 1183 28 Somme Somme NNP 46116 1183 29 area area NN 46116 1183 30 on on IN 46116 1183 31 October October NNP 46116 1183 32 10th 10th NN 46116 1183 33 and and CC 46116 1183 34 11th 11th JJ 46116 1183 35 , , , 46116 1183 36 1916 1916 CD 46116 1183 37 , , , 46116 1183 38 during during IN 46116 1183 39 the the DT 46116 1183 40 lull lull NN 46116 1183 41 between between IN 46116 1183 42 the the DT 46116 1183 43 operations operation NNS 46116 1183 44 of of IN 46116 1183 45 October October NNP 46116 1183 46 8th 8th NN 46116 1183 47 and and CC 46116 1183 48 those those DT 46116 1183 49 of of IN 46116 1183 50 October October NNP 46116 1183 51 21st 21st NN 46116 1183 52 . . . 46116 1184 1 Though though IN 46116 1184 2 a a DT 46116 1184 3 new new JJ 46116 1184 4 Division Division NNP 46116 1184 5 , , , 46116 1184 6 which which WDT 46116 1184 7 had have VBD 46116 1184 8 never never RB 46116 1184 9 as as RB 46116 1184 10 yet yet RB 46116 1184 11 taken take VBN 46116 1184 12 part part NN 46116 1184 13 in in IN 46116 1184 14 any any DT 46116 1184 15 concerted concerted JJ 46116 1184 16 major major JJ 46116 1184 17 operations operation NNS 46116 1184 18 , , , 46116 1184 19 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1184 20 soon soon RB 46116 1184 21 proved prove VBD 46116 1184 22 itself -PRON- PRP 46116 1184 23 no no DT 46116 1184 24 whit whit NN 46116 1184 25 inferior inferior JJ 46116 1184 26 to to IN 46116 1184 27 the the DT 46116 1184 28 senior senior JJ 46116 1184 29 Divisions Divisions NNPS 46116 1184 30 . . . 46116 1185 1 It -PRON- PRP 46116 1185 2 had have VBD 46116 1185 3 had have VBN 46116 1185 4 practical practical JJ 46116 1185 5 experience experience NN 46116 1185 6 in in IN 46116 1185 7 holding hold VBG 46116 1185 8 the the DT 46116 1185 9 line line NN 46116 1185 10 in in IN 46116 1185 11 the the DT 46116 1185 12 Ypres Ypres NNP 46116 1185 13 salient salient NN 46116 1185 14 in in IN 46116 1185 15 September September NNP 46116 1185 16 , , , 46116 1185 17 and and CC 46116 1185 18 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1185 19 had have VBD 46116 1185 20 already already RB 46116 1185 21 been be VBN 46116 1185 22 blooded blooded JJ 46116 1185 23 , , , 46116 1185 24 for for IN 46116 1185 25 on on IN 46116 1185 26 the the DT 46116 1185 27 night night NN 46116 1185 28 of of IN 46116 1185 29 September September NNP 46116 1185 30 16th 16th NN 46116 1185 31 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1185 32 had have VBD 46116 1185 33 carried carry VBN 46116 1185 34 out out RP 46116 1185 35 a a DT 46116 1185 36 well well RB 46116 1185 37 - - HYPH 46116 1185 38 planned plan VBN 46116 1185 39 series series NN 46116 1185 40 of of IN 46116 1185 41 simultaneous simultaneous JJ 46116 1185 42 raids raid NNS 46116 1185 43 which which WDT 46116 1185 44 reflected reflect VBD 46116 1185 45 the the DT 46116 1185 46 greatest great JJS 46116 1185 47 credit credit NN 46116 1185 48 on on IN 46116 1185 49 the the DT 46116 1185 50 new new JJ 46116 1185 51 Division Division NNP 46116 1185 52 . . . 46116 1186 1 There there EX 46116 1186 2 were be VBD 46116 1186 3 seven seven CD 46116 1186 4 raiding raiding JJ 46116 1186 5 parties party NNS 46116 1186 6 . . . 46116 1187 1 The the DT 46116 1187 2 first first JJ 46116 1187 3 party party NN 46116 1187 4 consisted consist VBD 46116 1187 5 of of IN 46116 1187 6 one one CD 46116 1187 7 officer officer NN 46116 1187 8 and and CC 46116 1187 9 forty forty CD 46116 1187 10 men man NNS 46116 1187 11 of of IN 46116 1187 12 the the DT 46116 1187 13 22nd 22nd JJ 46116 1187 14 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1187 15 . . . 46116 1188 1 Leaving leave VBG 46116 1188 2 the the DT 46116 1188 3 trenches trench NNS 46116 1188 4 at at IN 46116 1188 5 11.22 11.22 CD 46116 1188 6 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1188 7 , , , 46116 1188 8 the the DT 46116 1188 9 party party NN 46116 1188 10 moved move VBD 46116 1188 11 cautiously cautiously RB 46116 1188 12 forward forward RB 46116 1188 13 , , , 46116 1188 14 great great JJ 46116 1188 15 care care NN 46116 1188 16 being be VBG 46116 1188 17 necessary necessary JJ 46116 1188 18 owing owing NN 46116 1188 19 to to IN 46116 1188 20 the the DT 46116 1188 21 bright bright JJ 46116 1188 22 moonlight moonlight NN 46116 1188 23 . . . 46116 1189 1 The the DT 46116 1189 2 scaling scale VBG 46116 1189 3 ladders ladder NNS 46116 1189 4 and and CC 46116 1189 5 chicken chicken NN 46116 1189 6 wire wire NN 46116 1189 7 were be VBD 46116 1189 8 left leave VBN 46116 1189 9 behind behind RB 46116 1189 10 , , , 46116 1189 11 as as IN 46116 1189 12 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1189 13 was be VBD 46116 1189 14 feared fear VBN 46116 1189 15 they -PRON- PRP 46116 1189 16 might may MD 46116 1189 17 be be VB 46116 1189 18 seen see VBN 46116 1189 19 too too RB 46116 1189 20 easily easily RB 46116 1189 21 . . . 46116 1190 1 As as RB 46116 1190 2 soon soon RB 46116 1190 3 as as IN 46116 1190 4 the the DT 46116 1190 5 enemy enemy NN 46116 1190 6 trench trench NN 46116 1190 7 was be VBD 46116 1190 8 rushed rush VBN 46116 1190 9 the the DT 46116 1190 10 party party NN 46116 1190 11 split split VBD 46116 1190 12 into into IN 46116 1190 13 two two CD 46116 1190 14 , , , 46116 1190 15 working work VBG 46116 1190 16 to to IN 46116 1190 17 the the DT 46116 1190 18 right right NN 46116 1190 19 and and CC 46116 1190 20 left leave VBD 46116 1190 21 . . . 46116 1191 1 The the DT 46116 1191 2 enemy enemy NN 46116 1191 3 bolted bolt VBD 46116 1191 4 so so RB 46116 1191 5 swiftly swiftly RB 46116 1191 6 that that IN 46116 1191 7 only only RB 46116 1191 8 two two CD 46116 1191 9 were be VBD 46116 1191 10 caught catch VBN 46116 1191 11 . . . 46116 1192 1 Dug Dug NNS 46116 1192 2 - - HYPH 46116 1192 3 outs out NNS 46116 1192 4 were be VBD 46116 1192 5 bombed bomb VBN 46116 1192 6 and and CC 46116 1192 7 as as IN 46116 1192 8 much much JJ 46116 1192 9 wire wire NN 46116 1192 10 as as IN 46116 1192 11 possible possible JJ 46116 1192 12 destroyed destroy VBN 46116 1192 13 by by IN 46116 1192 14 the the DT 46116 1192 15 covering cover VBG 46116 1192 16 party party NN 46116 1192 17 . . . 46116 1193 1 At at IN 46116 1193 2 12.25 12.25 CD 46116 1193 3 a.m. a.m. NN 46116 1193 4 the the DT 46116 1193 5 raiders raider NNS 46116 1193 6 left leave VBD 46116 1193 7 the the DT 46116 1193 8 enemy enemy NN 46116 1193 9 trench trench NN 46116 1193 10 and and CC 46116 1193 11 found find VBD 46116 1193 12 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1193 13 way way NN 46116 1193 14 back back RB 46116 1193 15 without without IN 46116 1193 16 difficulty difficulty NN 46116 1193 17 by by IN 46116 1193 18 means mean NNS 46116 1193 19 of of IN 46116 1193 20 the the DT 46116 1193 21 white white JJ 46116 1193 22 tape tape NN 46116 1193 23 laid lay VBN 46116 1193 24 for for IN 46116 1193 25 that that DT 46116 1193 26 purpose purpose NN 46116 1193 27 . . . 46116 1194 1 The the DT 46116 1194 2 46th 46th JJ 46116 1194 3 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1194 4 party party NN 46116 1194 5 of of IN 46116 1194 6 one one CD 46116 1194 7 officer officer NN 46116 1194 8 and and CC 46116 1194 9 thirty thirty CD 46116 1194 10 - - HYPH 46116 1194 11 one one CD 46116 1194 12 other other JJ 46116 1194 13 ranks rank NNS 46116 1194 14 carried carry VBN 46116 1194 15 out out RP 46116 1194 16 the the DT 46116 1194 17 second second JJ 46116 1194 18 raid raid NN 46116 1194 19 against against IN 46116 1194 20 the the DT 46116 1194 21 Hollandscheschuur Hollandscheschuur NNP 46116 1194 22 Salient Salient NNP 46116 1194 23 . . . 46116 1195 1 At at IN 46116 1195 2 12.20 12.20 CD 46116 1195 3 a.m. a.m. NN 46116 1195 4 the the DT 46116 1195 5 raiders raider NNS 46116 1195 6 crawled crawl VBD 46116 1195 7 over over IN 46116 1195 8 the the DT 46116 1195 9 intervening intervene VBG 46116 1195 10 space space NN 46116 1195 11 of of IN 46116 1195 12 forty forty CD 46116 1195 13 yards yard NNS 46116 1195 14 , , , 46116 1195 15 rushed rush VBD 46116 1195 16 the the DT 46116 1195 17 trench trench NN 46116 1195 18 , , , 46116 1195 19 and and CC 46116 1195 20 worked work VBD 46116 1195 21 down down RP 46116 1195 22 to to IN 46116 1195 23 a a DT 46116 1195 24 supposed suppose VBN 46116 1195 25 strong strong JJ 46116 1195 26 point point NN 46116 1195 27 . . . 46116 1196 1 This this DT 46116 1196 2 proved prove VBD 46116 1196 3 to to TO 46116 1196 4 be be VB 46116 1196 5 merely merely RB 46116 1196 6 a a DT 46116 1196 7 large large JJ 46116 1196 8 hole hole NN 46116 1196 9 , , , 46116 1196 10 unstrengthened unstrengthened JJ 46116 1196 11 in in IN 46116 1196 12 any any DT 46116 1196 13 way way NN 46116 1196 14 . . . 46116 1197 1 Explosives explosive NNS 46116 1197 2 which which WDT 46116 1197 3 had have VBD 46116 1197 4 been be VBN 46116 1197 5 brought bring VBN 46116 1197 6 to to TO 46116 1197 7 blow blow VB 46116 1197 8 up up RP 46116 1197 9 this this DT 46116 1197 10 post post NN 46116 1197 11 were be VBD 46116 1197 12 used use VBN 46116 1197 13 against against IN 46116 1197 14 an an DT 46116 1197 15 occupied occupy VBN 46116 1197 16 dug dug NN 46116 1197 17 - - HYPH 46116 1197 18 out out NN 46116 1197 19 , , , 46116 1197 20 62 62 CD 46116 1197 21 lb lb RB 46116 1197 22 . . . 46116 1198 1 of of IN 46116 1198 2 guncotton guncotton NNP 46116 1198 3 being be VBG 46116 1198 4 touched touch VBN 46116 1198 5 off off RP 46116 1198 6 for for IN 46116 1198 7 the the DT 46116 1198 8 purpose purpose NN 46116 1198 9 . . . 46116 1199 1 Fifteen fifteen CD 46116 1199 2 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1199 3 were be VBD 46116 1199 4 killed kill VBN 46116 1199 5 during during IN 46116 1199 6 the the DT 46116 1199 7 raid raid NN 46116 1199 8 and and CC 46116 1199 9 one one CD 46116 1199 10 captured capture VBD 46116 1199 11 . . . 46116 1200 1 No no DT 46116 1200 2 difficulty difficulty NN 46116 1200 3 was be VBD 46116 1200 4 experienced experience VBN 46116 1200 5 in in IN 46116 1200 6 penetrating penetrate VBG 46116 1200 7 the the DT 46116 1200 8 wire wire NN 46116 1200 9 . . . 46116 1201 1 The the DT 46116 1201 2 third third JJ 46116 1201 3 raid raid NN 46116 1201 4 was be VBD 46116 1201 5 entrusted entrust VBN 46116 1201 6 to to IN 46116 1201 7 the the DT 46116 1201 8 47th 47th JJ 46116 1201 9 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1201 10 . . . 46116 1202 1 The the DT 46116 1202 2 raiding raid VBG 46116 1202 3 party party NN 46116 1202 4 of of IN 46116 1202 5 one one CD 46116 1202 6 officer officer NN 46116 1202 7 and and CC 46116 1202 8 twenty twenty CD 46116 1202 9 - - HYPH 46116 1202 10 eight eight CD 46116 1202 11 other other JJ 46116 1202 12 ranks rank NNS 46116 1202 13 had have VBD 46116 1202 14 further far RBR 46116 1202 15 to to TO 46116 1202 16 go go VB 46116 1202 17 than than IN 46116 1202 18 the the DT 46116 1202 19 preceding precede VBG 46116 1202 20 parties party NNS 46116 1202 21 and and CC 46116 1202 22 started start VBD 46116 1202 23 five five CD 46116 1202 24 minutes minute NNS 46116 1202 25 earlier early RBR 46116 1202 26 . . . 46116 1203 1 Complete complete JJ 46116 1203 2 success success NN 46116 1203 3 was be VBD 46116 1203 4 attained attain VBN 46116 1203 5 . . . 46116 1204 1 The the DT 46116 1204 2 party party NN 46116 1204 3 bombed bomb VBD 46116 1204 4 south south RB 46116 1204 5 after after IN 46116 1204 6 entering enter VBG 46116 1204 7 the the DT 46116 1204 8 enemy enemy NN 46116 1204 9 trench trench NN 46116 1204 10 , , , 46116 1204 11 making make VBG 46116 1204 12 for for IN 46116 1204 13 a a DT 46116 1204 14 supposed suppose VBN 46116 1204 15 strong strong JJ 46116 1204 16 point point NN 46116 1204 17 which which WDT 46116 1204 18 turned turn VBD 46116 1204 19 out out RP 46116 1204 20 to to TO 46116 1204 21 be be VB 46116 1204 22 similar similar JJ 46116 1204 23 to to IN 46116 1204 24 the the DT 46116 1204 25 one one NN 46116 1204 26 above above RB 46116 1204 27 . . . 46116 1205 1 Nine nine CD 46116 1205 2 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1205 3 were be VBD 46116 1205 4 killed kill VBN 46116 1205 5 and and CC 46116 1205 6 ten ten CD 46116 1205 7 taken take VBN 46116 1205 8 prisoners prisoner NNS 46116 1205 9 . . . 46116 1206 1 The the DT 46116 1206 2 fourth fourth JJ 46116 1206 3 raid raid NN 46116 1206 4 was be VBD 46116 1206 5 also also RB 46116 1206 6 undertaken undertake VBN 46116 1206 7 by by IN 46116 1206 8 the the DT 46116 1206 9 47th 47th JJ 46116 1206 10 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1206 11 . . . 46116 1207 1 A a DT 46116 1207 2 comparatively comparatively RB 46116 1207 3 long long JJ 46116 1207 4 distance distance NN 46116 1207 5 separated separate VBD 46116 1207 6 the the DT 46116 1207 7 two two CD 46116 1207 8 trench trench NN 46116 1207 9 lines line NNS 46116 1207 10 , , , 46116 1207 11 some some DT 46116 1207 12 200 200 CD 46116 1207 13 yards yard NNS 46116 1207 14 . . . 46116 1208 1 On on IN 46116 1208 2 this this DT 46116 1208 3 account account NN 46116 1208 4 an an DT 46116 1208 5 early early JJ 46116 1208 6 start start NN 46116 1208 7 was be VBD 46116 1208 8 imperative imperative JJ 46116 1208 9 . . . 46116 1209 1 Scarcely scarcely RB 46116 1209 2 any any DT 46116 1209 3 resistance resistance NN 46116 1209 4 was be VBD 46116 1209 5 encountered encounter VBN 46116 1209 6 . . . 46116 1210 1 Six six CD 46116 1210 2 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1210 3 were be VBD 46116 1210 4 killed kill VBN 46116 1210 5 , , , 46116 1210 6 and and CC 46116 1210 7 others other NNS 46116 1210 8 were be VBD 46116 1210 9 pursued pursue VBN 46116 1210 10 but but CC 46116 1210 11 not not RB 46116 1210 12 caught catch VBN 46116 1210 13 . . . 46116 1211 1 The the DT 46116 1211 2 artillery artillery NN 46116 1211 3 preparation preparation NN 46116 1211 4 , , , 46116 1211 5 under under IN 46116 1211 6 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 46116 1211 7 - - HYPH 46116 1211 8 Colonel Colonel NNP 46116 1211 9 McNaughton McNaughton NNP 46116 1211 10 , , , 46116 1211 11 and and CC 46116 1211 12 the the DT 46116 1211 13 trench trench NN 46116 1211 14 - - HYPH 46116 1211 15 mortar mortar NN 46116 1211 16 work work NN 46116 1211 17 were be VBD 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46116 1214 10 outside outside IN 46116 1214 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1214 12 wire wire NN 46116 1214 13 , , , 46116 1214 14 and and CC 46116 1214 15 were be VBD 46116 1214 16 within within IN 46116 1214 17 twenty twenty CD 46116 1214 18 yards yard NNS 46116 1214 19 of of IN 46116 1214 20 the the DT 46116 1214 21 German german JJ 46116 1214 22 trench trench NN 46116 1214 23 while while IN 46116 1214 24 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1214 25 was be VBD 46116 1214 26 still still RB 46116 1214 27 being be VBG 46116 1214 28 bombarded bombard VBN 46116 1214 29 . . . 46116 1215 1 Rushing rush VBG 46116 1215 2 in in IN 46116 1215 3 as as RB 46116 1215 4 soon soon RB 46116 1215 5 as as IN 46116 1215 6 the the DT 46116 1215 7 barrage barrage NN 46116 1215 8 lifted lift VBD 46116 1215 9 , , , 46116 1215 10 they -PRON- PRP 46116 1215 11 divided divide VBD 46116 1215 12 up up RP 46116 1215 13 into into IN 46116 1215 14 two two CD 46116 1215 15 parties party NNS 46116 1215 16 , , , 46116 1215 17 which which 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4 gun gun NN 46116 1230 5 was be VBD 46116 1230 6 also also RB 46116 1230 7 captured capture VBN 46116 1230 8 . . . 46116 1231 1 " " `` 46116 1231 2 B b NN 46116 1231 3 , , , 46116 1231 4 " " '' 46116 1231 5 " " `` 46116 1231 6 C C NNP 46116 1231 7 , , , 46116 1231 8 " " '' 46116 1231 9 and and CC 46116 1231 10 " " `` 46116 1231 11 D d NN 46116 1231 12 " " '' 46116 1231 13 parties party NNS 46116 1231 14 met meet VBD 46116 1231 15 with with IN 46116 1231 16 little little JJ 46116 1231 17 resistance resistance NN 46116 1231 18 , , , 46116 1231 19 and and CC 46116 1231 20 saw see VBD 46116 1231 21 nothing nothing NN 46116 1231 22 of of IN 46116 1231 23 the the DT 46116 1231 24 enemy enemy NN 46116 1231 25 . . . 46116 1232 1 " " `` 46116 1232 2 E E NNP 46116 1232 3 " " '' 46116 1232 4 party party NN 46116 1232 5 bombed bomb VBD 46116 1232 6 northwards northward NNS 46116 1232 7 towards towards IN 46116 1232 8 No no UH 46116 1232 9 . . . 46116 1233 1 3 3 CD 46116 1233 2 Crater Crater NNP 46116 1233 3 , , , 46116 1233 4 met meet VBD 46116 1233 5 with with IN 46116 1233 6 little little JJ 46116 1233 7 opposition opposition NN 46116 1233 8 and and CC 46116 1233 9 captured capture VBD 46116 1233 10 one one CD 46116 1233 11 prisoner prisoner NN 46116 1233 12 . . . 46116 1234 1 " " `` 46116 1234 2 F F NNP 46116 1234 3 " " '' 46116 1234 4 party party NN 46116 1234 5 had have VBD 46116 1234 6 a a DT 46116 1234 7 harder hard JJR 46116 1234 8 task task NN 46116 1234 9 to to IN 46116 1234 10 the the DT 46116 1234 11 south south NN 46116 1234 12 on on IN 46116 1234 13 the the DT 46116 1234 14 far far JJ 46116 1234 15 side side NN 46116 1234 16 of of IN 46116 1234 17 No no UH 46116 1234 18 . . . 46116 1235 1 3 3 CD 46116 1235 2 Crater Crater NNP 46116 1235 3 , , , 46116 1235 4 but but CC 46116 1235 5 captured capture VBD 46116 1235 6 three three CD 46116 1235 7 prisoners prisoner NNS 46116 1235 8 and and CC 46116 1235 9 an an DT 46116 1235 10 automatic automatic JJ 46116 1235 11 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soon soon RB 46116 1237 3 as as IN 46116 1237 4 the the DT 46116 1237 5 retirement retirement NN 46116 1237 6 began begin VBD 46116 1237 7 an an DT 46116 1237 8 undiscovered undiscovered JJ 46116 1237 9 machine machine NN 46116 1237 10 - - HYPH 46116 1237 11 gun gun NN 46116 1237 12 opened open VBD 46116 1237 13 up up RP 46116 1237 14 unexpectedly unexpectedly RB 46116 1237 15 . . . 46116 1238 1 Fifteen fifteen CD 46116 1238 2 of of IN 46116 1238 3 the the DT 46116 1238 4 enemy enemy NN 46116 1238 5 were be VBD 46116 1238 6 killed kill VBN 46116 1238 7 , , , 46116 1238 8 including include VBG 46116 1238 9 an an DT 46116 1238 10 officer officer NN 46116 1238 11 and and CC 46116 1238 12 two two CD 46116 1238 13 men man NNS 46116 1238 14 who who WP 46116 1238 15 resisted resist VBD 46116 1238 16 all all DT 46116 1238 17 attempts attempt NNS 46116 1238 18 to to TO 46116 1238 19 bring bring VB 46116 1238 20 them -PRON- PRP 46116 1238 21 back back RB 46116 1238 22 after after IN 46116 1238 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W. NNP 46116 1343 35 St. St. NNP 46116 1343 36 P. P. NNP 46116 1343 37 Hughes Hughes NNP 46116 1343 38 . . . 46116 1344 1 The the DT 46116 1344 2 left left JJ 46116 1344 3 , , , 46116 1344 4 and and CC 46116 1344 5 main main JJ 46116 1344 6 , , , 46116 1344 7 sector sector NN 46116 1344 8 , , , 46116 1344 9 beginning begin VBG 46116 1344 10 at at IN 46116 1344 11 the the DT 46116 1344 12 Pys Pys NNP 46116 1344 13 Road Road NNP 46116 1344 14 , , , 46116 1344 15 was be VBD 46116 1344 16 committed commit VBN 46116 1344 17 to to IN 46116 1344 18 the the DT 46116 1344 19 11th 11th JJ 46116 1344 20 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1344 21 , , , 46116 1344 22 under under IN 46116 1344 23 Brigadier Brigadier NNP 46116 1344 24 - - HYPH 46116 1344 25 General General NNP 46116 1344 26 V. V. NNP 46116 1344 27 W. W. NNP 46116 1344 28 Odlum Odlum NNP 46116 1344 29 , , , 46116 1344 30 who who WP 46116 1344 31 had have VBD 46116 1344 32 two two CD 46116 1344 33 Battalions battalion NNS 46116 1344 34 from from IN 46116 1344 35 the the DT 46116 1344 36 12th 12th JJ 46116 1344 37 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1344 38 , , , 46116 1344 39 the the DT 46116 1344 40 38th 38th NN 46116 1344 41 and and CC 46116 1344 42 the the DT 46116 1344 43 78th 78th NN 46116 1344 44 , , , 46116 1344 45 attached attach VBN 46116 1344 46 to to IN 46116 1344 47 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1344 48 command command NN 46116 1344 49 . . . 46116 1345 1 There there EX 46116 1345 2 were be VBD 46116 1345 3 thus thus RB 46116 1345 4 three three CD 46116 1345 5 Battalions battalion NNS 46116 1345 6 engaged engage VBN 46116 1345 7 upon upon IN 46116 1345 8 the the DT 46116 1345 9 right right JJ 46116 1345 10 sector sector NN 46116 1345 11 , , , 46116 1345 12 and and CC 46116 1345 13 five five CD 46116 1345 14 upon upon IN 46116 1345 15 the the DT 46116 1345 16 left left NN 46116 1345 17 . . . 46116 1346 1 The the DT 46116 1346 2 10th 10th JJ 46116 1346 3 Brigade brigade NN 46116 1346 4 , , , 46116 1346 5 with with IN 46116 1346 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1346 7 restricted restricted JJ 46116 1346 8 frontage frontage NN 46116 1346 9 and and CC 46116 1346 10 limited limited JJ 46116 1346 11 objective objective NN 46116 1346 12 , , , 46116 1346 13 attacked attack VBN 46116 1346 14 with with IN 46116 1346 15 two two CD 46116 1346 16 companies company NNS 46116 1346 17 of of IN 46116 1346 18 the the DT 46116 1346 19 50th 50th JJ 46116 1346 20 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1346 21 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1346 22 Calgary Calgary NNP 46116 1346 23 Regiment Regiment NNP 46116 1346 24 , , , 46116 1346 25 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 46116 1346 26 - - HYPH 46116 1346 27 Colonel Colonel NNP 46116 1346 28 E. 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NNP 46116 1346 72 Wayland Wayland NNP 46116 1346 73 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1346 74 in in IN 46116 1346 75 support support NN 46116 1346 76 . . . 46116 1347 1 General General NNP 46116 1347 2 Odlum Odlum NNP 46116 1347 3 made make VBD 46116 1347 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1347 5 attack attack NN 46116 1347 6 with with IN 46116 1347 7 four four CD 46116 1347 8 Battalions Battalions NNPS 46116 1347 9 , , , 46116 1347 10 each each DT 46116 1347 11 represented represent VBN 46116 1347 12 by by IN 46116 1347 13 two two CD 46116 1347 14 companies company NNS 46116 1347 15 in in IN 46116 1347 16 the the DT 46116 1347 17 assaulting assault VBG 46116 1347 18 wave wave NN 46116 1347 19 , , , 46116 1347 20 and and CC 46116 1347 21 one one CD 46116 1347 22 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1347 23 , , , 46116 1347 24 behind behind IN 46116 1347 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1347 26 centre centre NN 46116 1347 27 , , , 46116 1347 28 in in IN 46116 1347 29 support support NN 46116 1347 30 . . . 46116 1348 1 The the DT 46116 1348 2 attacking attack VBG 46116 1348 3 Battalions Battalions NNPS 46116 1348 4 , , , 46116 1348 5 from from IN 46116 1348 6 right right NN 46116 1348 7 to to IN 46116 1348 8 left left NN 46116 1348 9 , , , 46116 1348 10 were be VBD 46116 1348 11 as as IN 46116 1348 12 follows:--The follows:--the FW 46116 1348 13 75th 75th NN 46116 1348 14 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1348 15 Mississaugas Mississaugas NNP 46116 1348 16 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1348 17 , , , 46116 1348 18 of of IN 46116 1348 19 Toronto Toronto NNP 46116 1348 20 , , , 46116 1348 21 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 46116 1348 22 - - HYPH 46116 1348 23 Colonel Colonel NNP 46116 1348 24 S. 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onward RB 46116 1352 8 at at IN 46116 1352 9 the the DT 46116 1352 10 rate rate NN 46116 1352 11 of of IN 46116 1352 12 50 50 CD 46116 1352 13 yards yard NNS 46116 1352 14 per per IN 46116 1352 15 minute minute NN 46116 1352 16 , , , 46116 1352 17 with with IN 46116 1352 18 the the DT 46116 1352 19 first first JJ 46116 1352 20 wave wave NN 46116 1352 21 of of IN 46116 1352 22 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1352 23 assault assault NN 46116 1352 24 following follow VBG 46116 1352 25 close close RB 46116 1352 26 behind behind IN 46116 1352 27 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1352 28 -- -- : 46116 1352 29 so so RB 46116 1352 30 close close RB 46116 1352 31 , , , 46116 1352 32 in in IN 46116 1352 33 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1352 34 eagerness eagerness NN 46116 1352 35 , , , 46116 1352 36 that that IN 46116 1352 37 a a DT 46116 1352 38 sergeant sergeant NN 46116 1352 39 swore swear VBD 46116 1352 40 he -PRON- PRP 46116 1352 41 might may MD 46116 1352 42 have have VB 46116 1352 43 lighted light VBN 46116 1352 44 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expectation NN 46116 1406 10 , , , 46116 1406 11 on on IN 46116 1406 12 the the DT 46116 1406 13 dreadful dreadful JJ 46116 1406 14 Ridge Ridge NNP 46116 1406 15 of of IN 46116 1406 16 Vimy Vimy NNP 46116 1406 17 , , , 46116 1406 18 amid amid IN 46116 1406 19 the the DT 46116 1406 20 bloody bloody JJ 46116 1406 21 slag slag NN 46116 1406 22 - - HYPH 46116 1406 23 heaps heaps NN 46116 1406 24 of of IN 46116 1406 25 Lens Lens NNP 46116 1406 26 , , , 46116 1406 27 and and CC 46116 1406 28 along along IN 46116 1406 29 the the DT 46116 1406 30 fire fire NN 46116 1406 31 - - HYPH 46116 1406 32 swept sweep VBN 46116 1406 33 crest crest NN 46116 1406 34 of of IN 46116 1406 35 Passchendaele Passchendaele NNP 46116 1406 36 , , , 46116 1406 37 remains remain VBZ 46116 1406 38 to to TO 46116 1406 39 be be VB 46116 1406 40 told tell VBN 46116 1406 41 succeeding succeed VBG 46116 1406 42 volumes volume NNS 46116 1406 43 of of IN 46116 1406 44 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1406 45 story story NN 46116 1406 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G.O.C. NNP 46116 1414 1 1st 1st NNP 46116 1414 2 Anzac Anzac NNP 46116 1414 3 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1414 4 , , , 46116 1414 5 and and CC 46116 1414 6 command command NN 46116 1414 7 of of IN 46116 1414 8 the the DT 46116 1414 9 line line NN 46116 1414 10 north north NN 46116 1414 11 - - HYPH 46116 1414 12 east east NN 46116 1414 13 of of IN 46116 1414 14 Albert Albert NNP 46116 1414 15 is be VBZ 46116 1414 16 assumed assume VBN 46116 1414 17 by by IN 46116 1414 18 the the DT 46116 1414 19 G.O.C. G.O.C. 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G.O.C. 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34 was be VBD 46116 1458 35 found find VBN 46116 1458 36 impracticable impracticable JJ 46116 1458 37 for for IN 46116 1458 38 mounted mounted JJ 46116 1458 39 men man NNS 46116 1458 40 . . . 46116 1459 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1459 2 September September NNP 46116 1459 3 15th 15th NN 46116 1459 4 . . . 46116 1459 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1459 6 General General NNP 46116 1459 7 offensive offensive NN 46116 1459 8 at at IN 46116 1459 9 6.20 6.20 CD 46116 1459 10 a.m. a.m. RB 46116 1459 11 by by IN 46116 1459 12 six six CD 46116 1459 13 battalions battalion NNS 46116 1459 14 of of IN 46116 1459 15 the the DT 46116 1459 16 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1459 17 and and CC 46116 1459 18 3rd 3rd JJ 46116 1459 19 Divisions Divisions NNPS 46116 1459 20 . . . 46116 1460 1 The the DT 46116 1460 2 whole whole JJ 46116 1460 3 objective objective NN 46116 1460 4 secured secure VBN 46116 1460 5 by by IN 46116 1460 6 10 10 CD 46116 1460 7 a.m. a.m. NN 46116 1460 8 , , , 46116 1460 9 and and CC 46116 1460 10 the the DT 46116 1460 11 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Brigades NNPS 46116 1486 5 holding hold VBG 46116 1486 6 front front JJ 46116 1486 7 line line NN 46116 1486 8 . . . 46116 1487 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1487 2 September September NNP 46116 1487 3 22nd 22nd NN 46116 1487 4 . . . 46116 1487 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1487 6 In in IN 46116 1487 7 the the DT 46116 1487 8 evening evening NN 46116 1487 9 an an DT 46116 1487 10 attack attack NN 46116 1487 11 made make VBN 46116 1487 12 by by IN 46116 1487 13 the the DT 46116 1487 14 4th 4th JJ 46116 1487 15 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1487 16 , , , 46116 1487 17 1st 1st JJ 46116 1487 18 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1487 19 against against IN 46116 1487 20 the the DT 46116 1487 21 maze maze NN 46116 1487 22 of of IN 46116 1487 23 German german JJ 46116 1487 24 trenches trench NNS 46116 1487 25 immediately immediately RB 46116 1487 26 east east RB 46116 1487 27 of of IN 46116 1487 28 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1487 29 . . . 46116 1488 1 This this DT 46116 1488 2 objective objective JJ 46116 1488 3 secured 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46116 1490 20 west west NNP 46116 1490 21 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1490 22 , , , 46116 1490 23 to to IN 46116 1490 24 north north NNP 46116 1490 25 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1490 26 , , , 46116 1490 27 round round IN 46116 1490 28 the the DT 46116 1490 29 Quarry Quarry NNP 46116 1490 30 and and CC 46116 1490 31 east east NN 46116 1490 32 of of IN 46116 1490 33 the the DT 46116 1490 34 village village NN 46116 1490 35 towards towards IN 46116 1490 36 Martinpuich Martinpuich NNP 46116 1490 37 . . . 46116 1491 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1491 2 September September NNP 46116 1491 3 23rd 23rd NN 46116 1491 4 . . . 46116 1491 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1491 6 1st 1st NN 46116 1491 7 and and CC 46116 1491 8 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1491 9 Brigades Brigades NNPS 46116 1491 10 in in IN 46116 1491 11 front front JJ 46116 1491 12 line line NN 46116 1491 13 . . . 46116 1492 1 The the DT 46116 1492 2 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1492 3 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1492 4 anxious anxious JJ 46116 1492 5 to to TO 46116 1492 6 push push VB 46116 1492 7 forward forward RB 46116 1492 8 towards towards IN 46116 1492 9 Le Le NNP 46116 1492 10 Sars Sars NNP 46116 1492 11 line line NN 46116 1492 12 and and CC 46116 1492 13 1st 1st NNP 46116 1492 14 Division Division NNP 46116 1492 15 is be VBZ 46116 1492 16 instructed instruct VBN 46116 1492 17 to to TO 46116 1492 18 work work VB 46116 1492 19 up up RP 46116 1492 20 the the DT 46116 1492 21 trench trench NN 46116 1492 22 north north RB 46116 1492 23 of of IN 46116 1492 24 Bapaume Bapaume NNP 46116 1492 25 Road Road NNP 46116 1492 26 to to TO 46116 1492 27 join join VB 46116 1492 28 with with IN 46116 1492 29 the the DT 46116 1492 30 British british JJ 46116 1492 31 23rd 23rd NN 46116 1492 32 Division Division NNP 46116 1492 33 attacking attack VBG 46116 1492 34 north north RB 46116 1492 35 of of IN 46116 1492 36 Martinpuich Martinpuich NNP 46116 1492 37 . . . 46116 1493 1 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1493 2 M.26 m.26 ADD 46116 1493 3 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1493 4 . . . 46116 1494 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1494 2 September September NNP 46116 1494 3 24th 24th NN 46116 1494 4 . . . 46116 1494 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1494 6 1st 1st NNP 46116 1494 7 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1494 8 holding hold VBG 46116 1494 9 Bapaume Bapaume NNP 46116 1494 10 Road Road NNP 46116 1494 11 to to IN 46116 1494 12 north north NN 46116 1494 13 - - HYPH 46116 1494 14 east east NN 46116 1494 15 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1494 16 . . . 46116 1495 1 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1495 2 and and CC 46116 1495 3 3rd 3rd JJ 46116 1495 4 Brigades Brigades NNPS 46116 1495 5 round round JJ 46116 1495 6 Quarry Quarry NNP 46116 1495 7 , , , 46116 1495 8 north north RB 46116 1495 9 of of IN 46116 1495 10 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1495 11 to to IN 46116 1495 12 Fabeck Fabeck NNP 46116 1495 13 Graben Graben NNP 46116 1495 14 . . . 46116 1496 1 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1496 2 R.28.c.3.6 R.28.c.3.6 NNP 46116 1496 3 . . . 46116 1496 4 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1497 1 Continued continue VBN 46116 1497 2 severe severe JJ 46116 1497 3 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 1497 4 of of IN 46116 1497 5 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1497 6 lines line NNS 46116 1497 7 . . . 46116 1498 1 A a DT 46116 1498 2 strong strong JJ 46116 1498 3 enemy enemy NN 46116 1498 4 patrol patrol NN 46116 1498 5 attacks attack VBZ 46116 1498 6 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1498 7 new new JJ 46116 1498 8 post post NN 46116 1498 9 on on IN 46116 1498 10 the the DT 46116 1498 11 Bapaume Bapaume NNP 46116 1498 12 Road Road NNP 46116 1498 13 , , , 46116 1498 14 but but CC 46116 1498 15 is be VBZ 46116 1498 16 repulsed repulse VBN 46116 1498 17 , , , 46116 1498 18 though though IN 46116 1498 19 another another DT 46116 1498 20 attack attack NN 46116 1498 21 gains gain VBZ 46116 1498 22 him -PRON- PRP 46116 1498 23 footing foot VBG 46116 1498 24 in in IN 46116 1498 25 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1498 26 advanced advanced JJ 46116 1498 27 posts post NNS 46116 1498 28 near near IN 46116 1498 29 the the DT 46116 1498 30 Cemetery Cemetery NNP 46116 1498 31 . . . 46116 1499 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1499 2 September September NNP 46116 1499 3 25th 25th NN 46116 1499 4 . . . 46116 1499 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1499 6 1st 1st JJ 46116 1499 7 and and CC 46116 1499 8 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1499 9 Divisions Divisions NNPS 46116 1499 10 in in IN 46116 1499 11 front front JJ 46116 1499 12 line line NN 46116 1499 13 preparing prepare VBG 46116 1499 14 for for IN 46116 1499 15 offensive offensive NN 46116 1499 16 . . . 46116 1500 1 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1500 2 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1500 3 to to TO 46116 1500 4 co co VB 46116 1500 5 - - VB 46116 1500 6 operate operate VB 46116 1500 7 with with IN 46116 1500 8 II II NNP 46116 1500 9 . . . 46116 1501 1 Corps corps NN 46116 1501 2 in in IN 46116 1501 3 capture capture NN 46116 1501 4 of of IN 46116 1501 5 ridge ridge NN 46116 1501 6 running run VBG 46116 1501 7 north north NN 46116 1501 8 - - HYPH 46116 1501 9 west west NN 46116 1501 10 of of IN 46116 1501 11 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1501 12 to to IN 46116 1501 13 the the DT 46116 1501 14 Schwaben Schwaben NNP 46116 1501 15 Redoubt Redoubt NNP 46116 1501 16 . . . 46116 1502 1 The the DT 46116 1502 2 2nd 2nd NNP 46116 1502 3 Division Division NNP 46116 1502 4 objective objective NN 46116 1502 5 a a DT 46116 1502 6 new new JJ 46116 1502 7 German german JJ 46116 1502 8 trench trench NN 46116 1502 9 north north RB 46116 1502 10 of of IN 46116 1502 11 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1502 12 -- -- : 46116 1502 13 the the DT 46116 1502 14 1st 1st NNP 46116 1502 15 Division Division NNP 46116 1502 16 to to TO 46116 1502 17 take take VB 46116 1502 18 the the DT 46116 1502 19 Kenora Kenora NNP 46116 1502 20 and and CC 46116 1502 21 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1502 22 Trenches Trenches NNPS 46116 1502 23 by by IN 46116 1502 24 way way NN 46116 1502 25 of of IN 46116 1502 26 the the DT 46116 1502 27 Zollern Zollern NNP 46116 1502 28 and and CC 46116 1502 29 Hessian hessian JJ 46116 1502 30 lines line NNS 46116 1502 31 . . . 46116 1503 1 Later later RB 46116 1503 2 the the DT 46116 1503 3 1st 1st NNP 46116 1503 4 Division Division NNP 46116 1503 5 objective objective NN 46116 1503 6 is be VBZ 46116 1503 7 shortened shorten VBN 46116 1503 8 and and CC 46116 1503 9 changed change VBN 46116 1503 10 to to IN 46116 1503 11 a a DT 46116 1503 12 point point NN 46116 1503 13 on on IN 46116 1503 14 the the DT 46116 1503 15 West West NNP 46116 1503 16 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1503 17 Road Road NNP 46116 1503 18 . . . 46116 1504 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1504 2 September September NNP 46116 1504 3 26th 26th NN 46116 1504 4 . . . 46116 1504 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1504 6 At at IN 46116 1504 7 12.35 12.35 CD 46116 1504 8 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1504 9 the the DT 46116 1504 10 1st 1st JJ 46116 1504 11 and and CC 46116 1504 12 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1504 13 Divisions Divisions NNPS 46116 1504 14 attack attack NN 46116 1504 15 and and CC 46116 1504 16 , , , 46116 1504 17 after after IN 46116 1504 18 heavy heavy JJ 46116 1504 19 fighting fighting NN 46116 1504 20 , , , 46116 1504 21 partially partially RB 46116 1504 22 occupy occupy VBP 46116 1504 23 the the DT 46116 1504 24 Zollern Zollern NNP 46116 1504 25 , , , 46116 1504 26 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1504 27 , , , 46116 1504 28 and and CC 46116 1504 29 Kenora Kenora NNP 46116 1504 30 Trenches Trenches NNP 46116 1504 31 . . . 46116 1505 1 On on IN 46116 1505 2 the the DT 46116 1505 3 right right NN 46116 1505 4 the the DT 46116 1505 5 29th 29th NN 46116 1505 6 and and CC 46116 1505 7 31st 31st NN 46116 1505 8 Battalions battalion NNS 46116 1505 9 are be VBP 46116 1505 10 held hold VBN 46116 1505 11 up up RP 46116 1505 12 in in IN 46116 1505 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1505 14 operations operation NNS 46116 1505 15 north north RB 46116 1505 16 of of IN 46116 1505 17 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1505 18 , , , 46116 1505 19 but but CC 46116 1505 20 after after IN 46116 1505 21 several several JJ 46116 1505 22 determined determined JJ 46116 1505 23 attacks attack NNS 46116 1505 24 succeed succeed VBP 46116 1505 25 in in IN 46116 1505 26 gaining gain VBG 46116 1505 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1505 28 objective objective NN 46116 1505 29 . . . 46116 1506 1 The the DT 46116 1506 2 enemy enemy NN 46116 1506 3 resist resist VBP 46116 1506 4 stubbornly stubbornly RB 46116 1506 5 , , , 46116 1506 6 and and CC 46116 1506 7 during during IN 46116 1506 8 the the DT 46116 1506 9 night night NN 46116 1506 10 bombard bombard RB 46116 1506 11 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1506 12 and and CC 46116 1506 13 the the DT 46116 1506 14 whole whole JJ 46116 1506 15 front front JJ 46116 1506 16 line line NN 46116 1506 17 . . . 46116 1507 1 The the DT 46116 1507 2 left left NN 46116 1507 3 of of IN 46116 1507 4 the the DT 46116 1507 5 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1507 6 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1507 7 is be VBZ 46116 1507 8 badly badly RB 46116 1507 9 hampered hamper VBN 46116 1507 10 in in IN 46116 1507 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1507 12 operations operation NNS 46116 1507 13 by by IN 46116 1507 14 machine machine NN 46116 1507 15 - - HYPH 46116 1507 16 gun gun NN 46116 1507 17 fire fire NN 46116 1507 18 from from IN 46116 1507 19 Mouquet Mouquet NNP 46116 1507 20 Farm Farm NNP 46116 1507 21 and and CC 46116 1507 22 Stuff Stuff NNP 46116 1507 23 Redoubt Redoubt NNP 46116 1507 24 . . . 46116 1508 1 Representations representation NNS 46116 1508 2 made make VBN 46116 1508 3 to to IN 46116 1508 4 the the DT 46116 1508 5 11th 11th JJ 46116 1508 6 British British NNP 46116 1508 7 Division Division NNP 46116 1508 8 on on IN 46116 1508 9 the the DT 46116 1508 10 left left NN 46116 1508 11 , , , 46116 1508 12 who who WP 46116 1508 13 , , , 46116 1508 14 at at IN 46116 1508 15 6.30 6.30 CD 46116 1508 16 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1508 17 , , , 46116 1508 18 report report VB 46116 1508 19 the the DT 46116 1508 20 official official JJ 46116 1508 21 clearing clear VBG 46116 1508 22 up up IN 46116 1508 23 to to IN 46116 1508 24 the the DT 46116 1508 25 Farm Farm NNP 46116 1508 26 . . . 46116 1509 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1509 2 September September NNP 46116 1509 3 27th 27th NN 46116 1509 4 . . . 46116 1509 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1509 6 In in IN 46116 1509 7 the the DT 46116 1509 8 morning morning NN 46116 1509 9 the the DT 46116 1509 10 2nd 2nd NNP 46116 1509 11 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1509 12 attacked attack VBD 46116 1509 13 the the DT 46116 1509 14 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1509 15 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1509 16 and and CC 46116 1509 17 drove drive VBD 46116 1509 18 the the DT 46116 1509 19 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1509 20 back back RB 46116 1509 21 towards towards IN 46116 1509 22 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1509 23 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1509 24 , , , 46116 1509 25 only only RB 46116 1509 26 to to TO 46116 1509 27 lose lose VB 46116 1509 28 the the DT 46116 1509 29 greater great JJR 46116 1509 30 part part NN 46116 1509 31 of of IN 46116 1509 32 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1509 33 gain gain NN 46116 1509 34 in in IN 46116 1509 35 a a DT 46116 1509 36 strong strong JJ 46116 1509 37 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1509 38 counter counter NN 46116 1509 39 - - NN 46116 1509 40 attack attack NN 46116 1509 41 about about RB 46116 1509 42 1 1 CD 46116 1509 43 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1509 44 A a DT 46116 1509 45 fresh fresh JJ 46116 1509 46 attack attack NN 46116 1509 47 was be VBD 46116 1509 48 made make VBN 46116 1509 49 in in IN 46116 1509 50 the the DT 46116 1509 51 afternoon afternoon NN 46116 1509 52 and and CC 46116 1509 53 the the DT 46116 1509 54 whole whole JJ 46116 1509 55 regained regain VBD 46116 1509 56 and and CC 46116 1509 57 held hold VBN 46116 1509 58 . . . 46116 1510 1 At at IN 46116 1510 2 6.30 6.30 CD 46116 1510 3 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1510 4 it -PRON- PRP 46116 1510 5 was be VBD 46116 1510 6 reported report VBN 46116 1510 7 that that IN 46116 1510 8 the the DT 46116 1510 9 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1510 10 had have VBD 46116 1510 11 withdrawn withdraw VBN 46116 1510 12 from from IN 46116 1510 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1510 14 line line NN 46116 1510 15 between between IN 46116 1510 16 the the DT 46116 1510 17 Bapaume Bapaume NNP 46116 1510 18 Road Road NNP 46116 1510 19 and and CC 46116 1510 20 the the DT 46116 1510 21 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1510 22 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1510 23 , , , 46116 1510 24 and and CC 46116 1510 25 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1510 26 patrols patrol NNS 46116 1510 27 were be VBD 46116 1510 28 busy busy JJ 46116 1510 29 establishing establish VBG 46116 1510 30 posts post NNS 46116 1510 31 in in IN 46116 1510 32 the the DT 46116 1510 33 North North NNP 46116 1510 34 and and CC 46116 1510 35 South South NNP 46116 1510 36 Practice Practice NNP 46116 1510 37 Trenches Trenches NNPS 46116 1510 38 , , , 46116 1510 39 along along IN 46116 1510 40 the the DT 46116 1510 41 Dyke Dyke NNP 46116 1510 42 Road Road NNP 46116 1510 43 , , , 46116 1510 44 and and CC 46116 1510 45 towards towards IN 46116 1510 46 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1510 47 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1510 48 between between IN 46116 1510 49 the the DT 46116 1510 50 east east NN 46116 1510 51 and and CC 46116 1510 52 west west NNP 46116 1510 53 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1510 54 Roads Roads NNPS 46116 1510 55 . . . 46116 1511 1 On on IN 46116 1511 2 the the DT 46116 1511 3 left left JJ 46116 1511 4 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1511 5 reinforcements reinforcement NNS 46116 1511 6 had have VBD 46116 1511 7 arrived arrive VBN 46116 1511 8 and and CC 46116 1511 9 driven drive VBN 46116 1511 10 the the DT 46116 1511 11 14th 14th JJ 46116 1511 12 Battalion Battalion NNP 46116 1511 13 from from IN 46116 1511 14 Kenora Kenora NNP 46116 1511 15 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1511 16 to to IN 46116 1511 17 a a DT 46116 1511 18 line line NN 46116 1511 19 of of IN 46116 1511 20 defence defence NN 46116 1511 21 some some DT 46116 1511 22 200 200 CD 46116 1511 23 yards yard NNS 46116 1511 24 south south NN 46116 1511 25 - - HYPH 46116 1511 26 west west NN 46116 1511 27 . . . 46116 1512 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1512 2 September September NNP 46116 1512 3 28th 28th NN 46116 1512 4 . . . 46116 1512 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1512 6 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 46116 1512 7 reconnaissances reconnaissance NNS 46116 1512 8 find find VBP 46116 1512 9 enemy enemy NN 46116 1512 10 in in IN 46116 1512 11 Destremont Destremont NNP 46116 1512 12 Farm Farm NNP 46116 1512 13 and and CC 46116 1512 14 in in IN 46116 1512 15 strength strength NN 46116 1512 16 in in IN 46116 1512 17 the the DT 46116 1512 18 Le Le NNP 46116 1512 19 Sars Sars NNP 46116 1512 20 line line NN 46116 1512 21 . . . 46116 1513 1 4th 4th NNP 46116 1513 2 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1513 3 pushing push VBG 46116 1513 4 forward forward RB 46116 1513 5 north north RB 46116 1513 6 of of IN 46116 1513 7 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1513 8 , , , 46116 1513 9 and and CC 46116 1513 10 bombing bomb VBG 46116 1513 11 parties party NNS 46116 1513 12 fighting fight VBG 46116 1513 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1513 14 way way NN 46116 1513 15 towards towards IN 46116 1513 16 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1513 17 . . . 46116 1514 1 On on IN 46116 1514 2 the the DT 46116 1514 3 left left NN 46116 1514 4 the the DT 46116 1514 5 1st 1st NNP 46116 1514 6 Division Division NNP 46116 1514 7 repulses repulse VBZ 46116 1514 8 a a DT 46116 1514 9 determined determined JJ 46116 1514 10 attack attack NN 46116 1514 11 against against IN 46116 1514 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1514 13 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1514 14 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1514 15 and and CC 46116 1514 16 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1514 17 posts post NNS 46116 1514 18 about about IN 46116 1514 19 Kenora Kenora NNP 46116 1514 20 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1514 21 . . . 46116 1515 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1515 2 line line NN 46116 1515 3 in in IN 46116 1515 4 process process NN 46116 1515 5 of of IN 46116 1515 6 construction construction NN 46116 1515 7 from from IN 46116 1515 8 Bapaume Bapaume NNP 46116 1515 9 Road Road NNP 46116 1515 10 to to IN 46116 1515 11 Dyke Dyke NNP 46116 1515 12 Road Road NNP 46116 1515 13 to to IN 46116 1515 14 East East NNP 46116 1515 15 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1515 16 Road Road NNP 46116 1515 17 to to IN 46116 1515 18 a a DT 46116 1515 19 point point NN 46116 1515 20 150 150 CD 46116 1515 21 yards yard NNS 46116 1515 22 up up IN 46116 1515 23 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1515 24 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1515 25 and and CC 46116 1515 26 south south NN 46116 1515 27 to to IN 46116 1515 28 Kenora Kenora NNP 46116 1515 29 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1515 30 , , , 46116 1515 31 to to IN 46116 1515 32 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1515 33 as as RB 46116 1515 34 far far RB 46116 1515 35 as as IN 46116 1515 36 the the DT 46116 1515 37 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1515 38 Road Road NNP 46116 1515 39 . . . 46116 1516 1 The the DT 46116 1516 2 enemy enemy NN 46116 1516 3 massing mass VBG 46116 1516 4 troops troop NNS 46116 1516 5 , , , 46116 1516 6 and and CC 46116 1516 7 an an DT 46116 1516 8 intense intense JJ 46116 1516 9 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 1516 10 by by IN 46116 1516 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1516 12 artillery artillery NN 46116 1516 13 silences silence NNS 46116 1516 14 many many JJ 46116 1516 15 batteries battery NNS 46116 1516 16 and and CC 46116 1516 17 breaks break VBZ 46116 1516 18 up up RP 46116 1516 19 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1516 20 formations formation NNS 46116 1516 21 . . . 46116 1517 1 4th 4th JJ 46116 1517 2 , , , 46116 1517 3 5th 5th JJ 46116 1517 4 , , , 46116 1517 5 6th 6th JJ 46116 1517 6 , , , 46116 1517 7 and and CC 46116 1517 8 8th 8th JJ 46116 1517 9 Brigades brigade NNS 46116 1517 10 in in IN 46116 1517 11 front front JJ 46116 1517 12 line line NN 46116 1517 13 . . . 46116 1518 1 September September NNP 46116 1518 2 29th 29th NN 46116 1518 3 . . . 46116 1519 1 At at IN 46116 1519 2 5.15 5.15 CD 46116 1519 3 a.m. a.m. NN 46116 1519 4 a a DT 46116 1519 5 further far RBR 46116 1519 6 strong strong JJ 46116 1519 7 attack attack NN 46116 1519 8 upon upon IN 46116 1519 9 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1519 10 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1519 11 repulsed repulse VBN 46116 1519 12 by by IN 46116 1519 13 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1519 14 men man NNS 46116 1519 15 , , , 46116 1519 16 and and CC 46116 1519 17 about about RB 46116 1519 18 noon noon NN 46116 1519 19 the the DT 46116 1519 20 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1519 21 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1519 22 Mounted Mounted NNP 46116 1519 23 Rifles Rifles NNPS 46116 1519 24 , , , 46116 1519 25 in in IN 46116 1519 26 co co NN 46116 1519 27 - - NN 46116 1519 28 operation operation NN 46116 1519 29 with with IN 46116 1519 30 the the DT 46116 1519 31 British British NNP 46116 1519 32 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1519 33 on on IN 46116 1519 34 the the DT 46116 1519 35 Canadian canadian JJ 46116 1519 36 left left NN 46116 1519 37 , , , 46116 1519 38 attack attack VB 46116 1519 39 and and CC 46116 1519 40 capture capture VB 46116 1519 41 the the DT 46116 1519 42 German german JJ 46116 1519 43 communication communication NN 46116 1519 44 from from IN 46116 1519 45 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1519 46 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1519 47 to to IN 46116 1519 48 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1519 49 Road Road NNP 46116 1519 50 . . . 46116 1520 1 A a DT 46116 1520 2 strong strong JJ 46116 1520 3 post post NN 46116 1520 4 established establish VBN 46116 1520 5 . . . 46116 1521 1 Very very RB 46116 1521 2 heavy heavy JJ 46116 1521 3 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1521 4 artillery artillery NN 46116 1521 5 fire fire NN 46116 1521 6 and and CC 46116 1521 7 incessant incessant NN 46116 1521 8 fighting fighting NN 46116 1521 9 for for IN 46116 1521 10 small small JJ 46116 1521 11 gains gain NNS 46116 1521 12 . . . 46116 1522 1 2nd 2nd NNP 46116 1522 2 Division Division NNP 46116 1522 3 instructed instruct VBD 46116 1522 4 to to TO 46116 1522 5 occupy occupy VB 46116 1522 6 and and CC 46116 1522 7 consolidate consolidate VB 46116 1522 8 a a DT 46116 1522 9 line line NN 46116 1522 10 from from IN 46116 1522 11 Destremont Destremont NNP 46116 1522 12 Farm Farm NNP 46116 1522 13 and and CC 46116 1522 14 North North NNP 46116 1522 15 and and CC 46116 1522 16 South South NNP 46116 1522 17 Practice Practice NNP 46116 1522 18 Trenches trench NNS 46116 1522 19 . . . 46116 1523 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1523 2 September September NNP 46116 1523 3 30th 30th NN 46116 1523 4 . . . 46116 1523 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1523 6 4th 4th NN 46116 1523 7 , , , 46116 1523 8 5th 5th JJ 46116 1523 9 , , , 46116 1523 10 and and CC 46116 1523 11 8th 8th JJ 46116 1523 12 Brigades brigade NNS 46116 1523 13 in in IN 46116 1523 14 front front JJ 46116 1523 15 line line NN 46116 1523 16 . . . 46116 1524 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1524 2 working work VBG 46116 1524 3 hard hard JJ 46116 1524 4 building building NN 46116 1524 5 defences defence NNS 46116 1524 6 . . . 46116 1525 1 8th 8th JJ 46116 1525 2 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1525 3 takes take VBZ 46116 1525 4 over over RP 46116 1525 5 5th 5th JJ 46116 1525 6 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1525 7 lines line NNS 46116 1525 8 to to IN 46116 1525 9 Twenty twenty CD 46116 1525 10 - - HYPH 46116 1525 11 three three CD 46116 1525 12 Road Road NNP 46116 1525 13 , , , 46116 1525 14 and and CC 46116 1525 15 preparations preparation NNS 46116 1525 16 are be VBP 46116 1525 17 made make VBN 46116 1525 18 for for IN 46116 1525 19 new new JJ 46116 1525 20 offensive offensive NN 46116 1525 21 . . . 46116 1526 1 EXTRACT EXTRACT NNP 46116 1526 2 FROM from IN 46116 1526 3 RESERVE reserve NN 46116 1526 4 ARMY ARMY NNP 46116 1526 5 S.G. S.G. NNP 46116 1526 6 66/8 66/8 CD 46116 1526 7 . . . 46116 1527 1 30/9/16.--"The 30/9/16.--"the CD 46116 1527 2 operations operation NNS 46116 1527 3 of of IN 46116 1527 4 the the DT 46116 1527 5 Reserve Reserve NNP 46116 1527 6 Army Army NNP 46116 1527 7 will will MD 46116 1527 8 comprise comprise VB 46116 1527 9 two two CD 46116 1527 10 simultaneous simultaneous JJ 46116 1527 11 attacks attack NNS 46116 1527 12 . . . 46116 1528 1 " " `` 46116 1528 2 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1528 3 _ _ NNP 46116 1528 4 a a DT 46116 1528 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1528 6 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1528 7 A a DT 46116 1528 8 southern southern JJ 46116 1528 9 attack attack NN 46116 1528 10 by by IN 46116 1528 11 the the DT 46116 1528 12 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1528 13 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1528 14 to to TO 46116 1528 15 capture capture VB 46116 1528 16 Irles irle NNS 46116 1528 17 . . . 46116 1529 1 The the DT 46116 1529 2 right right NN 46116 1529 3 of of IN 46116 1529 4 this this DT 46116 1529 5 attack attack NN 46116 1529 6 will will MD 46116 1529 7 rest rest VB 46116 1529 8 on on IN 46116 1529 9 the the DT 46116 1529 10 Bois Bois NNP 46116 1529 11 Loupart Loupart NNP 46116 1529 12 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1529 13 inclusive inclusive JJ 46116 1529 14 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1529 15 . . . 46116 1530 1 The the DT 46116 1530 2 left left NN 46116 1530 3 of of IN 46116 1530 4 the the DT 46116 1530 5 attack attack NN 46116 1530 6 will will MD 46116 1530 7 , , , 46116 1530 8 in in IN 46116 1530 9 the the DT 46116 1530 10 early early JJ 46116 1530 11 stages stage NNS 46116 1530 12 , , , 46116 1530 13 be be VB 46116 1530 14 held hold VBN 46116 1530 15 back back RB 46116 1530 16 on on IN 46116 1530 17 the the DT 46116 1530 18 high high JJ 46116 1530 19 ground ground NN 46116 1530 20 overlooking overlook VBG 46116 1530 21 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1530 22 . . . 46116 1531 1 " " `` 46116 1531 2 ( ( -LRB- 46116 1531 3 _ _ NNP 46116 1531 4 b b NNP 46116 1531 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1531 6 ) ) -RRB- 46116 1531 7 A a DT 46116 1531 8 western western JJ 46116 1531 9 attack attack NN 46116 1531 10 by by IN 46116 1531 11 the the DT 46116 1531 12 V. V. NNP 46116 1531 13 and and CC 46116 1531 14 XIII XIII NNP 46116 1531 15 . . . 46116 1532 1 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1532 2 .... .... NFP 46116 1532 3 " " '' 46116 1532 4 _ _ NNP 46116 1532 5 October October NNP 46116 1532 6 1st 1st NN 46116 1532 7 . . . 46116 1532 8 _ _ NNP 46116 1532 9 4th 4th NN 46116 1532 10 , , , 46116 1532 11 5th 5th JJ 46116 1532 12 , , , 46116 1532 13 and and CC 46116 1532 14 8th 8th JJ 46116 1532 15 Brigades Brigades NNPS 46116 1532 16 , , , 46116 1532 17 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1532 18 and and CC 46116 1532 19 3rd 3rd JJ 46116 1532 20 Divisions Divisions NNPS 46116 1532 21 in in IN 46116 1532 22 front front JJ 46116 1532 23 line line NN 46116 1532 24 . . . 46116 1533 1 At at IN 46116 1533 2 3.20 3.20 CD 46116 1533 3 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1533 4 the the DT 46116 1533 5 Canadians Canadians NNPS 46116 1533 6 attack attack VBP 46116 1533 7 a a DT 46116 1533 8 line line NN 46116 1533 9 from from IN 46116 1533 10 Destremont Destremont NNP 46116 1533 11 Farm Farm NNP 46116 1533 12 to to IN 46116 1533 13 the the DT 46116 1533 14 junction junction NN 46116 1533 15 of of IN 46116 1533 16 the the DT 46116 1533 17 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1533 18 and and CC 46116 1533 19 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1533 20 Trenches Trenches NNPS 46116 1533 21 , , , 46116 1533 22 thence thence VB 46116 1533 23 the the DT 46116 1533 24 line line NN 46116 1533 25 of of IN 46116 1533 26 the the DT 46116 1533 27 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1533 28 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1533 29 through through IN 46116 1533 30 Twenty twenty CD 46116 1533 31 - - HYPH 46116 1533 32 three three CD 46116 1533 33 Road Road NNP 46116 1533 34 to to IN 46116 1533 35 the the DT 46116 1533 36 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1533 37 Road Road NNP 46116 1533 38 and and CC 46116 1533 39 south south NN 46116 1533 40 to to IN 46116 1533 41 the the DT 46116 1533 42 Hessian Hessian NNP 46116 1533 43 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1533 44 . . . 46116 1534 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1534 2 troops troop NNS 46116 1534 3 penetrate penetrate VBP 46116 1534 4 into into IN 46116 1534 5 this this DT 46116 1534 6 objective objective NN 46116 1534 7 in in IN 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12 established establish VBN 46116 1537 13 forward forward RB 46116 1537 14 in in IN 46116 1537 15 Courcelette Courcelette NNP 46116 1537 16 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1537 17 . . . 46116 1538 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1538 2 October October NNP 46116 1538 3 2nd 2nd NN 46116 1538 4 . . . 46116 1538 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1538 6 Royal Royal NNP 46116 1538 7 Flying Flying NNP 46116 1538 8 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1538 9 reports report VBZ 46116 1538 10 that that IN 46116 1538 11 the the DT 46116 1538 12 enemy enemy NN 46116 1538 13 is be VBZ 46116 1538 14 very very RB 46116 1538 15 strong strong JJ 46116 1538 16 along along IN 46116 1538 17 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1538 18 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1538 19 on on IN 46116 1538 20 the the DT 46116 1538 21 west west NN 46116 1538 22 of of IN 46116 1538 23 the the DT 46116 1538 24 East East NNP 46116 1538 25 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1538 26 Road Road NNP 46116 1538 27 . . . 46116 1539 1 Special special JJ 46116 1539 2 reconnaissance reconnaissance NN 46116 1539 3 ordered order VBN 46116 1539 4 of of IN 46116 1539 5 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1539 6 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1539 7 from from IN 46116 1539 8 the the DT 46116 1539 9 East East NNP 46116 1539 10 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1539 11 Road Road NNP 46116 1539 12 to to IN 46116 1539 13 the the DT 46116 1539 14 Le Le NNP 46116 1539 15 Sars Sars NNP 46116 1539 16 line line NN 46116 1539 17 . . . 46116 1540 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1540 2 troops troop NNS 46116 1540 3 very very RB 46116 1540 4 busy busy RB 46116 1540 5 establishing establish VBG 46116 1540 6 the the DT 46116 1540 7 new new JJ 46116 1540 8 line line NN 46116 1540 9 and and CC 46116 1540 10 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1540 11 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1540 12 is be VBZ 46116 1540 13 shelled shell VBN 46116 1540 14 heavily heavily RB 46116 1540 15 by by IN 46116 1540 16 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1540 17 artillery artillery NN 46116 1540 18 . . . 46116 1541 1 A a DT 46116 1541 2 new new JJ 46116 1541 3 line line NN 46116 1541 4 ordered 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operations operation NNS 46116 1545 7 planned plan VBN 46116 1545 8 for for IN 46116 1545 9 Oct. 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1609 26 . . . 46116 1610 1 The the DT 46116 1610 2 whole whole JJ 46116 1610 3 objective objective NN 46116 1610 4 gained gain VBD 46116 1610 5 , , , 46116 1610 6 and and CC 46116 1610 7 by by IN 46116 1610 8 2 2 CD 46116 1610 9 p.m. p.m. NN 46116 1610 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1610 11 men man NNS 46116 1610 12 are be VBP 46116 1610 13 busy busy JJ 46116 1610 14 consolidating consolidate VBG 46116 1610 15 the the DT 46116 1610 16 captured capture VBN 46116 1610 17 area area NN 46116 1610 18 . . . 46116 1611 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1611 2 massing massing NN 46116 1611 3 near near IN 46116 1611 4 the the DT 46116 1611 5 Coulà Coulà NNP 46116 1611 6 © © NNP 46116 1611 7 e e NNP 46116 1611 8 Trench trench NN 46116 1611 9 dispersed disperse VBN 46116 1611 10 by by IN 46116 1611 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1611 12 artillery artillery NN 46116 1611 13 fire fire NN 46116 1611 14 . . . 46116 1612 1 Further further JJ 46116 1612 2 information information NN 46116 1612 3 received receive VBD 46116 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1613 7 Somme Somme NNP 46116 1613 8 area area NN 46116 1613 9 . . . 46116 1614 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1614 2 October October NNP 46116 1614 3 22nd 22nd NN 46116 1614 4 . . . 46116 1614 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1614 6 No no DT 46116 1614 7 attempt attempt NN 46116 1614 8 made make VBN 46116 1614 9 by by IN 46116 1614 10 the the DT 46116 1614 11 enemy enemy NN 46116 1614 12 to to IN 46116 1614 13 counter counter NN 46116 1614 14 - - NN 46116 1614 15 attack attack NN 46116 1614 16 during during IN 46116 1614 17 the the DT 46116 1614 18 night night NN 46116 1614 19 , , , 46116 1614 20 beyond beyond IN 46116 1614 21 a a DT 46116 1614 22 few few JJ 46116 1614 23 bombing bombing NN 46116 1614 24 raids raid NNS 46116 1614 25 which which WDT 46116 1614 26 were be VBD 46116 1614 27 easily easily RB 46116 1614 28 repulsed repulse VBN 46116 1614 29 . . . 46116 1615 1 The the DT 46116 1615 2 10th 10th JJ 46116 1615 3 Brigade brigade NN 46116 1615 4 to to TO 46116 1615 5 complete complete VB 46116 1615 6 the the DT 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Preparations Preparations NNPS 46116 1618 7 for for IN 46116 1618 8 the the DT 46116 1618 9 Big big JJ 46116 1618 10 Push push NN 46116 1618 11 in in IN 46116 1618 12 process process NN 46116 1618 13 of of IN 46116 1618 14 completion completion NN 46116 1618 15 . . . 46116 1619 1 The the DT 46116 1619 2 10th 10th JJ 46116 1619 3 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1619 4 is be VBZ 46116 1619 5 instructed instruct VBN 46116 1619 6 to to TO 46116 1619 7 extend extend VB 46116 1619 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1619 9 right right NN 46116 1619 10 to to IN 46116 1619 11 the the DT 46116 1619 12 Chalk Chalk NNP 46116 1619 13 Pit Pit NNP 46116 1619 14 south south RB 46116 1619 15 of of IN 46116 1619 16 Warlencourt Warlencourt NNP 46116 1619 17 , , , 46116 1619 18 and and CC 46116 1619 19 the the DT 46116 1619 20 preliminary preliminary JJ 46116 1619 21 attack attack NN 46116 1619 22 arranged arrange VBN 46116 1619 23 for for IN 46116 1619 24 the the DT 46116 1619 25 24th 24th NN 46116 1619 26 . . . 46116 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17 capture capture VB 46116 1622 18 the the DT 46116 1622 19 remainder remainder NN 46116 1622 20 of of IN 46116 1622 21 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1622 22 , , , 46116 1622 23 is be VBZ 46116 1622 24 very very RB 46116 1622 25 much much RB 46116 1622 26 exhausted exhaust VBN 46116 1622 27 by by IN 46116 1622 28 the the DT 46116 1622 29 severe severe JJ 46116 1622 30 conditions condition NNS 46116 1622 31 , , , 46116 1622 32 and and CC 46116 1622 33 the the DT 46116 1622 34 minor minor JJ 46116 1622 35 operation operation NN 46116 1622 36 is be VBZ 46116 1622 37 postponed postpone VBN 46116 1622 38 for for IN 46116 1622 39 twenty twenty CD 46116 1622 40 - - HYPH 46116 1622 41 four four CD 46116 1622 42 hours hour NNS 46116 1622 43 . . . 46116 1623 1 11th 11th NNP 46116 1623 2 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1623 3 patrols patrol NNS 46116 1623 4 push push VBP 46116 1623 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1623 6 block block NN 46116 1623 7 in in IN 46116 1623 8 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1623 9 another 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decide VBZ 46116 1626 4 to to TO 46116 1626 5 make make VB 46116 1626 6 this this DT 46116 1626 7 portion portion NN 46116 1626 8 of of IN 46116 1626 9 the the DT 46116 1626 10 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1626 11 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1626 12 part part NN 46116 1626 13 of of IN 46116 1626 14 the the DT 46116 1626 15 objective objective NN 46116 1626 16 in in IN 46116 1626 17 the the DT 46116 1626 18 later later JJ 46116 1626 19 operation operation NN 46116 1626 20 . . . 46116 1627 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1627 2 October October NNP 46116 1627 3 26th 26th NN 46116 1627 4 . . . 46116 1627 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1627 6 The the DT 46116 1627 7 12th 12th JJ 46116 1627 8 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1627 9 relieves relieve VBZ 46116 1627 10 the the DT 46116 1627 11 10th 10th JJ 46116 1627 12 and and CC 46116 1627 13 11th 11th JJ 46116 1627 14 Brigades brigade NNS 46116 1627 15 in in IN 46116 1627 16 the the DT 46116 1627 17 line line NN 46116 1627 18 . . . 46116 1628 1 Hostile hostile JJ 46116 1628 2 artillery 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25 working work VBG 46116 1635 26 on on IN 46116 1635 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1635 28 new new JJ 46116 1635 29 defences defence NNS 46116 1635 30 . . . 46116 1636 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1636 2 October October NNP 46116 1636 3 30th 30th NN 46116 1636 4 . . . 46116 1636 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1636 6 Gale Gale NNP 46116 1636 7 blowing blowing NN 46116 1636 8 and and CC 46116 1636 9 artillery artillery NN 46116 1636 10 work work NN 46116 1636 11 hampered hamper VBN 46116 1636 12 . . . 46116 1637 1 Operations operation NNS 46116 1637 2 postponed postpone VBD 46116 1637 3 until until IN 46116 1637 4 November November NNP 46116 1637 5 5th 5th NN 46116 1637 6 . . . 46116 1638 1 Heavy heavy JJ 46116 1638 2 rain rain NN 46116 1638 3 renders render VBZ 46116 1638 4 the the DT 46116 1638 5 condition condition NN 46116 1638 6 of of IN 46116 1638 7 the the DT 46116 1638 8 front front JJ 46116 1638 9 trenches trench NNS 46116 1638 10 indescribable indescribable JJ 46116 1638 11 , , , 46116 1638 12 and and CC 46116 1638 13 frequent frequent JJ 46116 1638 14 reliefs relief NNS 46116 1638 15 have have VBP 46116 1638 16 to to TO 46116 1638 17 be be VB 46116 1638 18 made make VBN 46116 1638 19 . . . 46116 1639 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1639 2 October October NNP 46116 1639 3 31st 31st NN 46116 1639 4 . . . 46116 1639 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1639 6 Weather Weather NNP 46116 1639 7 improves improve VBZ 46116 1639 8 , , , 46116 1639 9 and and CC 46116 1639 10 the the DT 46116 1639 11 artillery artillery NN 46116 1639 12 fire fire NN 46116 1639 13 becomes become VBZ 46116 1639 14 general general JJ 46116 1639 15 . . . 46116 1640 1 The the DT 46116 1640 2 enemy enemy NN 46116 1640 3 shell shell NN 46116 1640 4 Albert Albert NNP 46116 1640 5 , , , 46116 1640 6 while while IN 46116 1640 7 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1640 8 guns gun NNS 46116 1640 9 are be VBP 46116 1640 10 busy busy JJ 46116 1640 11 wire wire NN 46116 1640 12 - - HYPH 46116 1640 13 cutting cut VBG 46116 1640 14 and and CC 46116 1640 15 destroying destroy VBG 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11 until until IN 46116 1644 12 Nov. November NNP 46116 1644 13 7th 7th NN 46116 1644 14 . . . 46116 1645 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1645 2 November November NNP 46116 1645 3 2nd 2nd NN 46116 1645 4 . . . 46116 1645 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1645 6 Patrol Patrol NNP 46116 1645 7 penetrates penetrate VBZ 46116 1645 8 north north RB 46116 1645 9 between between IN 46116 1645 10 Pys Pys NNP 46116 1645 11 and and CC 46116 1645 12 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1645 13 Road Road NNP 46116 1645 14 for for IN 46116 1645 15 some some DT 46116 1645 16 500 500 CD 46116 1645 17 yards yard NNS 46116 1645 18 . . . 46116 1646 1 Weather weather NN 46116 1646 2 clears clear VBZ 46116 1646 3 and and CC 46116 1646 4 aircraft aircraft NN 46116 1646 5 and and CC 46116 1646 6 artillery artillery NN 46116 1646 7 correspondingly correspondingly RB 46116 1646 8 busy busy JJ 46116 1646 9 . . . 46116 1647 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1647 2 working work VBG 46116 1647 3 parties party NNS 46116 1647 4 dispersed disperse VBD 46116 1647 5 and and CC 46116 1647 6 their -PRON- 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. . . 46116 1693 1 10th 10th JJ 46116 1693 2 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1693 3 to to TO 46116 1693 4 advance advance VB 46116 1693 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1693 6 line line NN 46116 1693 7 from from IN 46116 1693 8 the the DT 46116 1693 9 apex apex NN 46116 1693 10 of of IN 46116 1693 11 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1693 12 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1693 13 on on IN 46116 1693 14 the the DT 46116 1693 15 right right NN 46116 1693 16 to to IN 46116 1693 17 the the DT 46116 1693 18 junction junction NN 46116 1693 19 of of IN 46116 1693 20 the the DT 46116 1693 21 German german JJ 46116 1693 22 new new JJ 46116 1693 23 trench trench NN 46116 1693 24 with with IN 46116 1693 25 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1693 26 Support Support NNP 46116 1693 27 . . . 46116 1694 1 The the DT 46116 1694 2 11th 11th JJ 46116 1694 3 Brigade brigade NN 46116 1694 4 to to TO 46116 1694 5 take take VB 46116 1694 6 over over RP 46116 1694 7 the the DT 46116 1694 8 front front NN 46116 1694 9 now now RB 46116 1694 10 held hold VBN 46116 1694 11 by by IN 46116 1694 12 the the DT 46116 1694 13 54th 54th JJ 46116 1694 14 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1694 15 , , , 46116 1694 16 18th 18th JJ 46116 1694 17 Division division NN 46116 1694 18 and and CC 46116 1694 19 advance advance VB 46116 1694 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1694 21 line line NN 46116 1694 22 to to IN 46116 1694 23 the the DT 46116 1694 24 line line NN 46116 1694 25 of of IN 46116 1694 26 the the DT 46116 1694 27 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1694 28 Support Support NNP 46116 1694 29 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1694 30 as as IN 46116 1694 31 far far RB 46116 1694 32 west west NN 46116 1694 33 as as IN 46116 1694 34 a a DT 46116 1694 35 point point NN 46116 1694 36 in in IN 46116 1694 37 the the DT 46116 1694 38 Ravine Ravine NNP 46116 1694 39 , , , 46116 1694 40 100 100 CD 46116 1694 41 yards yard NNS 46116 1694 42 east east RB 46116 1694 43 of of IN 46116 1694 44 where where WRB 46116 1694 45 the the DT 46116 1694 46 Ravine Ravine NNP 46116 1694 47 turns turn VBZ 46116 1694 48 north north NN 46116 1694 49 . . . 46116 1695 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1695 2 November November NNP 46116 1695 3 17th 17th NN 46116 1695 4 . . . 46116 1695 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1695 6 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1695 7 artillery artillery NN 46116 1695 8 bombarding bombard VBG 46116 1695 9 the the DT 46116 1695 10 German german JJ 46116 1695 11 line line NN 46116 1695 12 , , , 46116 1695 13 the the DT 46116 1695 14 new new JJ 46116 1695 15 trench trench NN 46116 1695 16 north north RB 46116 1695 17 of of IN 46116 1695 18 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1695 19 , , , 46116 1695 20 the the DT 46116 1695 21 southern southern JJ 46116 1695 22 portion portion NN 46116 1695 23 of of IN 46116 1695 24 Below Below NNP 46116 1695 25 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1695 26 and and CC 46116 1695 27 the the DT 46116 1695 28 Coulà Coulà NNP 46116 1695 29 © © NNP 46116 1695 30 e e NNP 46116 1695 31 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1695 32 . . . 46116 1696 1 Some some DT 46116 1696 2 successful successful JJ 46116 1696 3 wire wire NN 46116 1696 4 cutting cut VBG 46116 1696 5 accomplished accomplish VBN 46116 1696 6 . . . 46116 1697 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1697 2 November November NNP 46116 1697 3 18th 18th NN 46116 1697 4 . . . 46116 1697 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1697 6 Barrage Barrage NNP 46116 1697 7 starts start VBZ 46116 1697 8 at at IN 46116 1697 9 6 6 CD 46116 1697 10 a.m. a.m. NN 46116 1697 11 and and CC 46116 1697 12 the the DT 46116 1697 13 operations operation NNS 46116 1697 14 successfully successfully RB 46116 1697 15 carried carry VBD 46116 1697 16 out out RP 46116 1697 17 . . . 46116 1698 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1698 2 guns gun NNS 46116 1698 3 succeed succeed VBP 46116 1698 4 in in IN 46116 1698 5 capturing capture VBG 46116 1698 6 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1698 7 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1698 8 from from IN 46116 1698 9 the the DT 46116 1698 10 Ravine Ravine NNP 46116 1698 11 to to IN 46116 1698 12 a a DT 46116 1698 13 point point NN 46116 1698 14 about about IN 46116 1698 15 halfway halfway NN 46116 1698 16 between between IN 46116 1698 17 the the DT 46116 1698 18 Pys Pys NNP 46116 1698 19 and and CC 46116 1698 20 East East NNP 46116 1698 21 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1698 22 Roads Roads NNPS 46116 1698 23 . . . 46116 1699 1 East east NN 46116 1699 2 of of IN 46116 1699 3 this this DT 46116 1699 4 point point NN 46116 1699 5 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1699 6 men man NNS 46116 1699 7 have have VBP 46116 1699 8 great great JJ 46116 1699 9 trouble trouble NN 46116 1699 10 , , , 46116 1699 11 meeting meet VBG 46116 1699 12 with with IN 46116 1699 13 heavy heavy JJ 46116 1699 14 artillery artillery NN 46116 1699 15 and and CC 46116 1699 16 machine machine NN 46116 1699 17 - - HYPH 46116 1699 18 gun gun NN 46116 1699 19 fire fire NN 46116 1699 20 , , , 46116 1699 21 and and CC 46116 1699 22 are be VBP 46116 1699 23 ultimately ultimately RB 46116 1699 24 driven drive VBN 46116 1699 25 back back RB 46116 1699 26 to to IN 46116 1699 27 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1699 28 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1699 29 . . . 46116 1700 1 Parties party NNS 46116 1700 2 from from IN 46116 1700 3 the the DT 46116 1700 4 38th 38th JJ 46116 1700 5 and and CC 46116 1700 6 87th 87th JJ 46116 1700 7 Battalions Battalions NNPS 46116 1700 8 advance advance NN 46116 1700 9 into into IN 46116 1700 10 Grandcourt Grandcourt NNP 46116 1700 11 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1700 12 and and CC 46116 1700 13 take take VB 46116 1700 14 many many JJ 46116 1700 15 prisoners prisoner NNS 46116 1700 16 , , , 46116 1700 17 but but CC 46116 1700 18 later later RB 46116 1700 19 are be VBP 46116 1700 20 ordered order VBN 46116 1700 21 to to TO 46116 1700 22 retire retire VB 46116 1700 23 and and CC 46116 1700 24 assist assist VB 46116 1700 25 in in IN 46116 1700 26 the the DT 46116 1700 27 consolidation consolidation NN 46116 1700 28 of of IN 46116 1700 29 the the DT 46116 1700 30 new new JJ 46116 1700 31 line line NN 46116 1700 32 running run VBG 46116 1700 33 about about RB 46116 1700 34 100 100 CD 46116 1700 35 yards yard NNS 46116 1700 36 north north RB 46116 1700 37 of of IN 46116 1700 38 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1700 39 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1700 40 . . . 46116 1701 1 The the DT 46116 1701 2 operation operation NN 46116 1701 3 as as IN 46116 1701 4 a a DT 46116 1701 5 whole whole NN 46116 1701 6 distinctly distinctly RB 46116 1701 7 successful successful JJ 46116 1701 8 , , , 46116 1701 9 in in IN 46116 1701 10 spite spite NN 46116 1701 11 of of IN 46116 1701 12 the the DT 46116 1701 13 reverse reverse NN 46116 1701 14 on on IN 46116 1701 15 the the DT 46116 1701 16 right right NN 46116 1701 17 . . . 46116 1702 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1702 2 November November NNP 46116 1702 3 19th 19th NN 46116 1702 4 . . . 46116 1702 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1702 6 No no DT 46116 1702 7 sign sign NN 46116 1702 8 of of IN 46116 1702 9 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1702 10 artillery artillery NN 46116 1702 11 retaliation retaliation NN 46116 1702 12 or or CC 46116 1702 13 counter counter NN 46116 1702 14 - - NN 46116 1702 15 attack attack NN 46116 1702 16 during during IN 46116 1702 17 the the DT 46116 1702 18 day day NN 46116 1702 19 . . . 46116 1703 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1703 2 heavy heavy JJ 46116 1703 3 artillery artillery NN 46116 1703 4 arranges arrange VBZ 46116 1703 5 a a DT 46116 1703 6 shoot shoot NN 46116 1703 7 to to TO 46116 1703 8 start start VB 46116 1703 9 at at IN 46116 1703 10 junction junction NN 46116 1703 11 of of IN 46116 1703 12 New New NNP 46116 1703 13 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1703 14 and and CC 46116 1703 15 Below below IN 46116 1703 16 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1703 17 westward westward RB 46116 1703 18 to to IN 46116 1703 19 Practice Practice NNP 46116 1703 20 Road Road NNP 46116 1703 21 to to IN 46116 1703 22 the the DT 46116 1703 23 junction junction NN 46116 1703 24 of of IN 46116 1703 25 New New NNP 46116 1703 26 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1703 27 and and CC 46116 1703 28 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1703 29 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1703 30 -- -- : 46116 1703 31 to to TO 46116 1703 32 clear clear VB 46116 1703 33 out out RP 46116 1703 34 the the DT 46116 1703 35 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1703 36 who who WP 46116 1703 37 held hold VBD 46116 1703 38 up up RP 46116 1703 39 the the DT 46116 1703 40 right right NN 46116 1703 41 of of IN 46116 1703 42 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1703 43 attack attack NN 46116 1703 44 on on IN 46116 1703 45 the the DT 46116 1703 46 18th 18th NN 46116 1703 47 . . . 46116 1704 1 In in IN 46116 1704 2 the the DT 46116 1704 3 meantime meantime NN 46116 1704 4 Coulà Coulà NNP 46116 1704 5 © © NNP 46116 1704 6 e e NNP 46116 1704 7 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1704 8 is be VBZ 46116 1704 9 bombarded bombard VBN 46116 1704 10 with with IN 46116 1704 11 excellent excellent JJ 46116 1704 12 results result NNS 46116 1704 13 . . . 46116 1705 1 The the DT 46116 1705 2 12th 12th JJ 46116 1705 3 Brigade brigade NN 46116 1705 4 holding hold VBG 46116 1705 5 the the DT 46116 1705 6 left left NN 46116 1705 7 of of IN 46116 1705 8 the the DT 46116 1705 9 line line NN 46116 1705 10 from from IN 46116 1705 11 the the DT 46116 1705 12 Ravine Ravine NNP 46116 1705 13 to to IN 46116 1705 14 the the DT 46116 1705 15 block block NN 46116 1705 16 in in IN 46116 1705 17 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1705 18 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1705 19 about about RB 46116 1705 20 250 250 CD 46116 1705 21 yards yard NNS 46116 1705 22 west west RB 46116 1705 23 of of IN 46116 1705 24 the the DT 46116 1705 25 Pys Pys NNP 46116 1705 26 Road Road NNP 46116 1705 27 , , , 46116 1705 28 the the DT 46116 1705 29 11th 11th JJ 46116 1705 30 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1705 31 from from IN 46116 1705 32 the the DT 46116 1705 33 block block NN 46116 1705 34 along along IN 46116 1705 35 the the DT 46116 1705 36 curve curve NN 46116 1705 37 south south NN 46116 1705 38 by by IN 46116 1705 39 south south NN 46116 1705 40 - - HYPH 46116 1705 41 east east NN 46116 1705 42 to to IN 46116 1705 43 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1705 44 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1705 45 , , , 46116 1705 46 and and CC 46116 1705 47 to to IN 46116 1705 48 the the DT 46116 1705 49 entrance entrance NN 46116 1705 50 right right RB 46116 1705 51 of of IN 46116 1705 52 the the DT 46116 1705 53 Division Division NNP 46116 1705 54 position position NN 46116 1705 55 . . . 46116 1706 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1706 2 November November NNP 46116 1706 3 20th 20th NN 46116 1706 4 . . . 46116 1706 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1706 6 The the DT 46116 1706 7 misty misty JJ 46116 1706 8 weather weather NN 46116 1706 9 postpones postpone NNS 46116 1706 10 the the DT 46116 1706 11 artillery artillery NN 46116 1706 12 action action NN 46116 1706 13 arranged arrange VBN 46116 1706 14 on on IN 46116 1706 15 the the DT 46116 1706 16 19th 19th NN 46116 1706 17 . . . 46116 1707 1 East East NNP 46116 1707 2 of of IN 46116 1707 3 Pys Pys NNP 46116 1707 4 Road Road NNP 46116 1707 5 the the DT 46116 1707 6 enemy enemy NN 46116 1707 7 attack attack NN 46116 1707 8 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1707 9 working work VBG 46116 1707 10 party party NN 46116 1707 11 , , , 46116 1707 12 capturing capture VBG 46116 1707 13 several several JJ 46116 1707 14 of of IN 46116 1707 15 the the DT 46116 1707 16 men man NNS 46116 1707 17 . . . 46116 1708 1 Our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1708 2 patrols patrol NNS 46116 1708 3 retaliate retaliate VBP 46116 1708 4 on on IN 46116 1708 5 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1708 6 posts post NNS 46116 1708 7 . . . 46116 1709 1 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1709 2 Commanders Commanders NNPS 46116 1709 3 congratulate congratulate VBP 46116 1709 4 the the DT 46116 1709 5 Canadians Canadians NNPS 46116 1709 6 on on IN 46116 1709 7 the the DT 46116 1709 8 success success NN 46116 1709 9 of of IN 46116 1709 10 the the DT 46116 1709 11 18th 18th NN 46116 1709 12 . . . 46116 1710 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1710 2 November November NNP 46116 1710 3 21st 21st NN 46116 1710 4 . . . 46116 1710 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1710 6 The the DT 46116 1710 7 Canadians Canadians NNPS 46116 1710 8 busy busy JJ 46116 1710 9 placing place VBG 46116 1710 10 the the DT 46116 1710 11 line line NN 46116 1710 12 in in IN 46116 1710 13 a a DT 46116 1710 14 strong strong JJ 46116 1710 15 defensive defensive JJ 46116 1710 16 position position NN 46116 1710 17 . . . 46116 1711 1 The the DT 46116 1711 2 artillery artillery NN 46116 1711 3 offensive offensive NN 46116 1711 4 postponed postpone VBD 46116 1711 5 owing owing NN 46116 1711 6 to to IN 46116 1711 7 the the DT 46116 1711 8 proposed propose VBN 46116 1711 9 relief relief NN 46116 1711 10 of of IN 46116 1711 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1711 12 guns gun NNS 46116 1711 13 , , , 46116 1711 14 and and CC 46116 1711 15 the the DT 46116 1711 16 general general JJ 46116 1711 17 artillery artillery NN 46116 1711 18 activity activity NN 46116 1711 19 less less JJR 46116 1711 20 than than IN 46116 1711 21 usual usual JJ 46116 1711 22 , , , 46116 1711 23 though though IN 46116 1711 24 a a DT 46116 1711 25 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1711 26 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 1711 27 of of IN 46116 1711 28 the the DT 46116 1711 29 Regina Regina NNP 46116 1711 30 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1711 31 Road Road NNP 46116 1711 32 Junction Junction NNP 46116 1711 33 caused cause VBD 46116 1711 34 some some DT 46116 1711 35 damage damage NN 46116 1711 36 to to IN 46116 1711 37 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1711 38 lines line NNS 46116 1711 39 . . . 46116 1712 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1712 2 appears appear VBZ 46116 1712 3 to to TO 46116 1712 4 be be VB 46116 1712 5 working work VBG 46116 1712 6 hard hard RB 46116 1712 7 upon upon IN 46116 1712 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1712 9 defences defence NNS 46116 1712 10 . . . 46116 1713 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1713 2 November November NNP 46116 1713 3 22nd 22nd NN 46116 1713 4 . . . 46116 1713 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1713 6 184th 184th NNP 46116 1713 7 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1713 8 , , , 46116 1713 9 61st 61st JJ 46116 1713 10 Division Division NNP 46116 1713 11 , , , 46116 1713 12 takes take VBZ 46116 1713 13 over over RP 46116 1713 14 the the DT 46116 1713 15 line line NN 46116 1713 16 from from IN 46116 1713 17 the the DT 46116 1713 18 Ravine Ravine NNP 46116 1713 19 to to IN 46116 1713 20 the the DT 46116 1713 21 West West NNP 46116 1713 22 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1713 23 Road Road NNP 46116 1713 24 , , , 46116 1713 25 held hold VBN 46116 1713 26 by by IN 46116 1713 27 the the DT 46116 1713 28 12th 12th JJ 46116 1713 29 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1713 30 . . . 46116 1714 1 Hostile hostile JJ 46116 1714 2 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 1714 3 of of IN 46116 1714 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1714 5 front front JJ 46116 1714 6 line line NN 46116 1714 7 , , , 46116 1714 8 while while IN 46116 1714 9 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1714 10 artillery artillery NN 46116 1714 11 retaliates retaliate VBZ 46116 1714 12 on on IN 46116 1714 13 a a DT 46116 1714 14 trench trench NN 46116 1714 15 running run VBG 46116 1714 16 from from IN 46116 1714 17 Below below RB 46116 1714 18 to to IN 46116 1714 19 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1714 20 Support Support NNP 46116 1714 21 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1714 22 . . . 46116 1715 1 Many many JJ 46116 1715 2 aerial aerial JJ 46116 1715 3 combats combat NNS 46116 1715 4 , , , 46116 1715 5 and and CC 46116 1715 6 several several JJ 46116 1715 7 planes plane NNS 46116 1715 8 brought bring VBD 46116 1715 9 down down RP 46116 1715 10 on on IN 46116 1715 11 both both DT 46116 1715 12 sides side NNS 46116 1715 13 . . . 46116 1716 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1716 2 November November NNP 46116 1716 3 23rd 23rd NN 46116 1716 4 . . . 46116 1716 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1716 6 The the DT 46116 1716 7 Germans Germans NNPS 46116 1716 8 shell shell NN 46116 1716 9 New New NNP 46116 1716 10 Street Street NNP 46116 1716 11 , , , 46116 1716 12 but but CC 46116 1716 13 cause cause VB 46116 1716 14 little little JJ 46116 1716 15 damage damage NN 46116 1716 16 . . . 46116 1717 1 The the DT 46116 1717 2 heavy heavy JJ 46116 1717 3 artillery artillery NN 46116 1717 4 have have VB 46116 1717 5 another another DT 46116 1717 6 and and CC 46116 1717 7 more more RBR 46116 1717 8 successful successful JJ 46116 1717 9 bombardment bombardment NN 46116 1717 10 of of IN 46116 1717 11 the the DT 46116 1717 12 new new JJ 46116 1717 13 enemy enemy NN 46116 1717 14 trench trench NN 46116 1717 15 between between IN 46116 1717 16 Below Below NNP 46116 1717 17 and and CC 46116 1717 18 Desire Desire NNP 46116 1717 19 Trenches Trenches NNPS 46116 1717 20 , , , 46116 1717 21 and and CC 46116 1717 22 disperse disperse VB 46116 1717 23 German german JJ 46116 1717 24 working work VBG 46116 1717 25 parties party NNS 46116 1717 26 in in IN 46116 1717 27 Crest Crest NNP 46116 1717 28 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1717 29 , , , 46116 1717 30 along along IN 46116 1717 31 the the DT 46116 1717 32 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1717 33 Road Road NNP 46116 1717 34 . . . 46116 1718 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1718 2 November November NNP 46116 1718 3 24th 24th NN 46116 1718 4 . . . 46116 1718 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1718 6 4th 4th NNP 46116 1718 7 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1718 8 relieves relieve VBZ 46116 1718 9 the the DT 46116 1718 10 11th 11th JJ 46116 1718 11 Brigade brigade NN 46116 1718 12 . . . 46116 1719 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1719 2 artillery artillery NN 46116 1719 3 less less RBR 46116 1719 4 active active JJ 46116 1719 5 during during IN 46116 1719 6 the the DT 46116 1719 7 day day NN 46116 1719 8 . . . 46116 1720 1 German german JJ 46116 1720 2 infantry infantry NN 46116 1720 3 observed observe VBN 46116 1720 4 on on IN 46116 1720 5 the the DT 46116 1720 6 Miraumont Miraumont NNP 46116 1720 7 Road Road NNP 46116 1720 8 , , , 46116 1720 9 and and CC 46116 1720 10 badly badly RB 46116 1720 11 cut cut VBD 46116 1720 12 up up RP 46116 1720 13 by by IN 46116 1720 14 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1720 15 artillery artillery NN 46116 1720 16 fire fire NN 46116 1720 17 . . . 46116 1721 1 Grevillers Grevillers NNP 46116 1721 2 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1721 3 and and CC 46116 1721 4 the the DT 46116 1721 5 junction junction NN 46116 1721 6 of of IN 46116 1721 7 Coulà Coulà NNP 46116 1721 8 © © NNP 46116 1721 9 e e NN 46116 1721 10 and and CC 46116 1721 11 Below below IN 46116 1721 12 Trenches trench NNS 46116 1721 13 are be VBP 46116 1721 14 shelled shell VBN 46116 1721 15 . . . 46116 1722 1 Orders order NNS 46116 1722 2 received receive VBN 46116 1722 3 from from IN 46116 1722 4 the the DT 46116 1722 5 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1722 6 for for IN 46116 1722 7 the the DT 46116 1722 8 relief relief NN 46116 1722 9 and and CC 46116 1722 10 move move NN 46116 1722 11 of of IN 46116 1722 12 the the DT 46116 1722 13 4th 4th NNP 46116 1722 14 Division Division NNP 46116 1722 15 . . . 46116 1723 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1723 2 November November NNP 46116 1723 3 25th 25th NN 46116 1723 4 . . . 46116 1723 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1723 6 Preparing prepare VBG 46116 1723 7 for for IN 46116 1723 8 relief relief NN 46116 1723 9 , , , 46116 1723 10 1st 1st NN 46116 1723 11 , , , 46116 1723 12 2nd 2nd JJ 46116 1723 13 , , , 46116 1723 14 and and CC 46116 1723 15 3rd 3rd JJ 46116 1723 16 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1723 17 Divisional Divisional NNP 46116 1723 18 Artillery Artillery NNP 46116 1723 19 relieved relieve VBN 46116 1723 20 by by IN 46116 1723 21 the the DT 46116 1723 22 51st 51st JJ 46116 1723 23 Divisional Divisional NNP 46116 1723 24 Artillery Artillery NNP 46116 1723 25 , , , 46116 1723 26 10th 10th JJ 46116 1723 27 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1723 28 relieved relieve VBD 46116 1723 29 in in IN 46116 1723 30 the the DT 46116 1723 31 line line NN 46116 1723 32 by by IN 46116 1723 33 the the DT 46116 1723 34 12th 12th JJ 46116 1723 35 Brigade Brigade NNP 46116 1723 36 , , , 46116 1723 37 who who WP 46116 1723 38 will will MD 46116 1723 39 hold hold VB 46116 1723 40 the the DT 46116 1723 41 entire entire JJ 46116 1723 42 front front JJ 46116 1723 43 line line NN 46116 1723 44 until until IN 46116 1723 45 final final JJ 46116 1723 46 relief relief NN 46116 1723 47 by by IN 46116 1723 48 the the DT 46116 1723 49 51st 51st NNP 46116 1723 50 Division Division NNP 46116 1723 51 . . . 46116 1724 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1724 2 working work VBG 46116 1724 3 hard hard RB 46116 1724 4 on on IN 46116 1724 5 defences defence NNS 46116 1724 6 of of IN 46116 1724 7 New New NNP 46116 1724 8 Gallwitz Gallwitz NNP 46116 1724 9 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1724 10 , , , 46116 1724 11 and and CC 46116 1724 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1724 13 artillery artillery NN 46116 1724 14 disperses disperse VBZ 46116 1724 15 a a DT 46116 1724 16 working work VBG 46116 1724 17 party party NN 46116 1724 18 in in IN 46116 1724 19 Crest Crest NNP 46116 1724 20 Trench Trench NNP 46116 1724 21 . . . 46116 1725 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1725 2 November November NNP 46116 1725 3 26th 26th NN 46116 1725 4 . . . 46116 1725 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1725 6 Preparations Preparations NNPS 46116 1725 7 for for IN 46116 1725 8 move move NN 46116 1725 9 completed complete VBN 46116 1725 10 . . . 46116 1726 1 An an DT 46116 1726 2 offensive offensive JJ 46116 1726 3 , , , 46116 1726 4 arranged arrange VBN 46116 1726 5 by by IN 46116 1726 6 the the DT 46116 1726 7 Yukon Yukon NNP 46116 1726 8 Machine Machine NNP 46116 1726 9 - - HYPH 46116 1726 10 gun gun NN 46116 1726 11 Battery Battery NNP 46116 1726 12 , , , 46116 1726 13 to to TO 46116 1726 14 clear clear VB 46116 1726 15 out out RP 46116 1726 16 hostile hostile JJ 46116 1726 17 patrols patrol NNS 46116 1726 18 and and CC 46116 1726 19 working work VBG 46116 1726 20 parties party NNS 46116 1726 21 . . . 46116 1727 1 The the DT 46116 1727 2 10th 10th JJ 46116 1727 3 and and CC 46116 1727 4 11th 11th JJ 46116 1727 5 Brigades Brigades NNPS 46116 1727 6 commence commence VBP 46116 1727 7 their -PRON- PRP$ 46116 1727 8 move move NN 46116 1727 9 to to IN 46116 1727 10 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1727 11 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1727 12 area area NN 46116 1727 13 . . . 46116 1728 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1728 2 November November NNP 46116 1728 3 27th 27th NN 46116 1728 4 . . . 46116 1728 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1728 6 The the DT 46116 1728 7 machine machine NN 46116 1728 8 - - HYPH 46116 1728 9 gun gun NN 46116 1728 10 action action NN 46116 1728 11 reported report VBN 46116 1728 12 to to TO 46116 1728 13 have have VB 46116 1728 14 been be VBN 46116 1728 15 very very RB 46116 1728 16 satisfactory satisfactory JJ 46116 1728 17 . . . 46116 1729 1 Enemy enemy NN 46116 1729 2 artillery artillery NN 46116 1729 3 quiet quiet NNP 46116 1729 4 , , , 46116 1729 5 though though IN 46116 1729 6 movement movement NN 46116 1729 7 of of IN 46116 1729 8 troops troop NNS 46116 1729 9 is be VBZ 46116 1729 10 noted note VBN 46116 1729 11 . . . 46116 1730 1 The the DT 46116 1730 2 51st 51st JJ 46116 1730 3 Division Division NNP 46116 1730 4 relieves relieve VBZ 46116 1730 5 the the DT 46116 1730 6 4th 4th JJ 46116 1730 7 Division Division NNP 46116 1730 8 . . . 46116 1731 1 _ _ NNP 46116 1731 2 November November NNP 46116 1731 3 28th 28th NN 46116 1731 4 . . . 46116 1731 5 _ _ NNP 46116 1731 6 The the DT 46116 1731 7 remainder remainder NN 46116 1731 8 of of IN 46116 1731 9 the the DT 46116 1731 10 4th 4th NNP 46116 1731 11 Division Division NNP 46116 1731 12 leaves leave VBZ 46116 1731 13 the the DT 46116 1731 14 Somme Somme NNP 46116 1731 15 area area NN 46116 1731 16 . . . 46116 1732 1 The the DT 46116 1732 2 Division Division NNP 46116 1732 3 joins join VBZ 46116 1732 4 the the DT 46116 1732 5 Canadian Canadian NNP 46116 1732 6 Corps Corps NNP 46116 1732 7 with with IN 46116 1732 8 the the DT 46116 1732 9 1st 1st JJ 46116 1732 10 Army Army NNP 46116 1732 11 on on IN 46116 1732 12 the the DT 46116 1732 13 Arras Arras NNPS 46116 1732 14 - - HYPH 46116 1732 15 Lens Lens NNP 46116 1732 16 front front NN 46116 1732 17 . . . 46116 1733 1 [ [ -LRB- 46116 1733 2 Illustration illustration NN 46116 1733 3 : : : 46116 1733 4 Map Map NNP 46116 1733 5 -- -- : 46116 1733 6 REGINA REGINA NNP 46116 1733 7 TRENCH TRENCH NNP 46116 1733 8 . . . 46116 1734 1 SHOWING show VBG 46116 1734 2 OPERATIONS operations JJ 46116 1734 3 BY by IN 46116 1734 4 PROGRESSIVE progressive JJ 46116 1734 5 STAGES STAGES NNP 46116 1734 6 . . . 46116 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R. NNP 46116 1735 7 CLAY CLAY NNP 46116 1735 8 AND and CC 46116 1735 9 SONS SONS NNP 46116 1735 10 , , , 46116 1735 11 LTD LTD NNP 46116 1735 12 . . . 46116 1735 13 BRUNSWICK BRUNSWICK NNP 46116 1735 14 STREET STREET NNP 46116 1735 15 , , , 46116 1735 16 STAMFORD STAMFORD NNP 46116 1735 17 STREET STREET NNP 46116 1735 18 , , , 46116 1735 19 S.E. S.E. NNP 46116 1736 1 1 1 LS 46116 1736 2 , , , 46116 1736 3 AND and CC 46116 1736 4 BUNGAY BUNGAY NNP 46116 1736 5 , , , 46116 1736 6 SUFFOLK SUFFOLK NNP