If you haven’t guessed already, the Battalion is in the area of Vimy Ridge . And in early February they conduct some raids on Vimy Ridge. These do not appear to be serious raids but raids intended to gather information for something more significant to come later. That is not to say the fighting was not serious or life threatening. It is just that the two sides, as was often the case along the Western Front appear, to be in a stalemate. Each side trading heavy artillery fire and heavy bombardment across No Mans Land from their respective trenches. The 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion spends a week on the front line in the Souchez and other nearby trenches before being relieved by the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion. The men then have a week off behind the lines at Bouvigny Huts. Then the two Battalions trade place again. This pattern carries on to the end of February. The War Diaries provide a very sanitized version of war. For example they use phrases to describe the activity for a day or a week such as “Situation Quiet” That doesn’t mean nothing is happening – it just means nothing unusual is happening. And for example on February 22nd the diary reads that the enemy conducted heavy bombardment and we retaliated with heavy artillery of our own. The diary then concludes, “No Damage Done” Well that may be true – if you don’t count the man who was killed that night.