On this day 12th May
1809 - Passage of the Douro.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Into Billets RICHEBOURG ST VAAST.
A good deal of shelling at intervals all day, both on breastworks and communication trenches.
Relieved by 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in evening and returned into billets.
Casualties: 4 Wounded.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ROMARIN
Bn in Billets. – Div Reserve.
1809 - Passage of the Douro.
1915 - 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – Into Billets RICHEBOURG ST VAAST.
A good deal of shelling at intervals all day, both on breastworks and communication trenches.
Relieved by 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in evening and returned into billets.
Casualties: 4 Wounded.
1915 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ROMARIN
Bn in Billets. – Div Reserve.
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