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The battalion was quartered in the château of Brunemont. We were told that we were to march up the line on the night of March 19th–20th, and to occupy the dugouts in the line near Cagnicourt, ready to go over the top on the morning of March 21st. The task assigned to the regiment was to break through between the villages of Ecoust-St.
-Mein and Noreuil, which we knew from 1915–16, on the first day. I sent Lieutenant Schmidt -- who because of his amiability was never called anything but "little Schmidt" -- on ahead to make sure of our quarters.