By afternoon all our objectives had been reached

TCD MS 11290/9 folio 3 recto

TCD MS 11290/9 folio 3 recto

[12th November[1917]] The first works having fallen we were enfilading the rest & they all fell one after another like ninepins.
By afternoon all our objectives had been reached & the next division kept the ball rolling.
The light was then splendid & our artillerie did great work.
Though a long way off I could see the infantry advancing and the artillerie keeping a beautiful barrage on the Turks in front of them.
This division, being enabled to do so by our earlier success, attacked the main Turkish system from its flank & got right into the heart of matters taking a system of