16 retaliated it suppressed the firing, almost as if it were a reminder of who was in charge. The Germans were clearly feeling out the area, but every mission they fired seemed to be received with quick and effective reactions from the Brigade. Once satisfied that the German’s were suppressed, the Brigade ordered all Batteries to fire at pre-determined locations so they could stir the Germans into life. They attempted to create movement in the enemy lines so that they could be more easily observed, opening the way to more effective fire. Once the ground work was laid, the 103rd Battery would once again rotate with the 105th Battery back into the wagon lines at Ouderdom on the 16th October. This constant shift was required to keep the Batteries effective and fresh, so to speak. They would return to the frontline in a new position in Eles, the Somme, on the 26th where they’d fire 151 HE rounds as a part of a normal barrage, if you could even consider it normal. This was a Brigade wide effort as they continued to sap the German line, but they would face heavy counter-battery fire late that afternoon. The constant shelling continuously shifted the landscape around the soldiers of the 103rd Battery. Throughout the remainder of the month they’d continue firing registration of barrage lines, now only receiving light intermittent fire in return. One has to consider what this war diary now considers as light. The absolute barrages the Brigade had seen over the course of their stay in the area must make one desensitised to the sights and sounds of counter battery fire. Had these men not shown such grit and determination during each of their rotations to the front line, then perhaps one may have considered any kind of counter battery fire to be rather disastrous. And, of course, the question answers itself: If this is what the writer considered light, then what on earth did they consider to be heavy? During November the Battery would remain at Eles, firing registration at pre-determined targets, only deviating from this plan if operational orders were given. On the 14th Brigade would
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