Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
The War Diary for the 28th February records. The Battn were in trenches at SOUASTRE at 8.00am C and D Coys again advanced 500 yards and occupied bombing posts at the junctions of communication trenches with the German third line on a frontage of about 1500 yards along the STEIN WEQ to the cemetery getting in touch with the DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY on our right. A and B Coys moved up in support under cover of the mist and the 4th Battn LINCOLNSHIRE REGT during the night dug a communication trench between two old front lines about 200 yards long parallel to the FONQUEVILLERS – GOMMECOURT ROAD. During the afternoon the mist lifted and the enemy opened a heavy fire on the whole of GOMMECOURT and the new communication trench, inflicting several casualties and at the same time attacked the junctions of the trenches recently occupied by us. In one or two cases causing us slightly to withdraw. During the night of the 28th/1st March the Battn regained their positions at the head of the communication trench junctions by bombing actions and held them till relieved at 7.00am by the 5th Battn LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. All ranks behaved very well during these operations and the Commanding Officer received the congratulations of the Div Commander for the work of the Battn. At 5.00am on the 1st March the Batt were relieved in trenches at GOMMECOURT by 5th Battn LEICESTERSHIRE REGT and proceeded to billets at SOUASTRE.