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Hi
From L-M's 'History':
"On September 15th orders came that a small operation was to take place on the Fourth Army front in a few days time, and consequently 'B' Flight, No. 8 Squadron, and 12 machines of No. 73 Squadron, moved to FOUCAUCOURT on the AMIENS - ST QUENTIN road. Since we had left the Fourth Army fighting opposite CHAULNES and ROYE, they had pushed forward a long way, having taken PERONNE, crossed the SOMME, and when we arrived back, had driven the Germans on to the line held by the Fifth Army in March. The attack on Sept. 18th had as its objective EPEHY, RONSSOY, and COLOGNE FARM & RIDGE, 20 Tanks of 2nd Battalion being employed in the attack. The morning was a very bad one for aeroplane co-operation, there being a thick fog early. Machines left the ground at 8.0 am, but the clouds were very low and it was still very misty, and almost impossible to get any information. However, Lieut. Peffers being determined to find out the exact position of our Tanks and infantry, stayed up 3 hours 30 minutes, flying all the time at about 500 feet, till he managed to see that we had taken COLOGNE RIDGE, and RONSSOY, and EPEHY. He also located a gun East of COLOGNE RIDGE in G3b, which was firing at our Tanks. This he silenced with his bombs and machine guns. On his way back he dropped a message at the 2nd Battalion, giving the exact situation and position of the Tanks. This was the first information received concerning that part of the line that day."
Mike
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