HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHL.AJ.'I\D LIGHTINFANTRY CHRONICLE.141\ I\////escape tu 'the. south, whilst the enemy on theirpart exposed themselves recklessly on thewrong side of cover. Till the end of the dayI could ,not determine whether this was whatis called" fighting with your back to the wall,"or whether it was because they had deterlllinedto die rather than return to camp."" September 7th." DrvrsloxAL TRAINING." The idea was that a skeleton enemy hadentrenched itself from point 993 to point 682.It was a clever move on the part of the framerof the scheme making it a skeleton enemy,because this forced us to attack it. With anyordinary enemy we should just have sat in ourtents and let them die of cold, and thenwalked over their prostrate bodies. As thedays were all full up, it was resolved to attackat night; and having done a preliminarycanter in the afternoon from one of the variouscross-roads in the country to another crossroad,just to stretch our legs, we started offat 12-30 a.m. with empty bodies, but full offight. To me was given the task of guidingthe column, and with stealthy tread we marchedto that salubrious spot-Craggs. From thisonward the road was rather tricky; but withone eye on the stars and the other on the compassI nearly ran down a long line of umpires,orderlies, etc., stretching well towards th'Jenemy's positiol1. It struck me that this wasa much better way of marking the road thanany of those laid down in the drill book-such as wisps of hay tied to sticks, men withluminous paint on their backs, &c.-and wesucceeded in reaching the position from whichwe delivered the assault. Here a considerabletime was occupied in meditation, as a resultof which I made a mental note that if everI became a member of the Army CouncilI would publish a regulation that no man whosnored should be allowed the privilege ofgoing on a night march, as it disturbs bothone's friends and the enemy. At the firststreak of dawn a Divisional display of fireworkstook place, one rocket succeedinganother with very pleasing effect; and justas I was expecting a framework to burst intofire with the words "Long Live the 6thDivision," or some such device, the command," Charge!" rang out, and I was carried forwardin one of those mad rushes for which theBritish Army is famed. An intrepid scoutwas the first to reach the position, and,seizing a red flag, rushed down the hill with it,regardless of the fact that it represented 100men.Having won the hill, we had no intentionof giving it away to anyone, and sat on itfor two hours. The cold was so intense thatat my death the words" Point 682" will befound engraven on my liver.The wearied troops then returned to camp,the only remark about the night's work madein my hearing being, " I wonder who paid forthose fireworks."B. A.
142 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.~----~.-~---~.. -.--..- ..--.-.. -----c-------------.Promotions and Appointments.5006 L ..Sergt. W. Caldwell, promoted Sergeant. 8988 Corpl. H. Byrne, appointed Lance-Sergeant. 6921 Corpl. E. Webb, appointed Lance-Sergeant. 7284 L.-Corpl. F. Walker, promoted Corporal. 7696 L.-Corpl. J. Baskerville, promoted Corporal. 11095 Pte. J. Stevenson, appointed Paid Lance.Corporal.7285 Pte. J. Grant, appointed Paid Lance-Corporal.7845 Pte. F. M'Callum, appointed Paid Lance·Corporal.9272 Pt
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