Diary Entry - 17th February, 1918

Still frosty. Major, myself and Crawley (attached infanteer) walk to a rear position which we are making behind the Trescault Ridge and, after choosing places for gun pits, set the men to dig and walk to our forward wagon line, just in front of Metz. We get back late to lunch and Shapland goes out to register but fails to get through on the line. At tea time Cruikers visits us from the 6th infantry brigade where he is doing senior liaison.