LOCAL CASUALTIES: 0
ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 12

The Second Battalions's pursuit of the Germans continued. Heavy artillery fire. The Sixth Infantry Brigade heavily engaged.  Reached Monnes [sic], shelled but no loss.   

The Third Battalion Billets and Bivouac at Montemafroy.

The Worcester City Relief Fund: £2,800;

Worcester Soldier and Bursting Shell: William Mantle (Third Battalion) wounded in his back and legs when a German shell burst ten yards away.  His landlady, Mrs Wilkes, had three sons and another lodger serving at the Front, making five from one house.

15 Belgian refugees housed at Droitwich: Mr Stanton Ferry of the Royal Hotel is host to some, others are at Upperford with Mr and Mrs J V  Wall.  

Jellicoe's Pills: A member of the crew of HMS Sappo had written to his sister Mrs H Severne, St Stephen's Street, Barbourne 'jocularly remarking that Jellicoe's pills and Churchill's sauce was much better than German sausage'.

Worcestershire’s 5,000 Recruits – Remarkable Progress.  There was another big day at Norton Barracks on Thursday, nearly 500 recruits arriving from all parts of the county. This brought the total number of recruits to Kitchener’s Army from Worcestershire to about 5,000. This number is in addition to the several hundred of Territorials recruited since the war started, and also it does not include such corps as the Old Public School Corps, which 68 men from Worcestershire had joined up to this morning.

The Eighth Battalion full  -  On Thursday about a dozen men were required to complete the 250 wanted to bring the 8th Battalion up to full strength. The Redditch draft, consisting of 53 men, arrived this morning. The last eight came from Birmingham. The showed their earnestness by paying their own railway fares to Worcester.