"We moved on the 29th December back to the banks of the Maas and brought in the New Year in the Grubbenvorst area. The front was some three thousand yards in length and one Company held the village of Houthuizen at the northern end, while another held Grubbenvorst at the southern end. Battalion Headquarters was situated in Lottum, and the rest of the Battalion held a ridge of woodland some five hundred yards from the river. The entire front was under enemy observation by day and movement was impossible near the river: at night we had to patrol constantly lest the enemy infiltrate into the thinly held woods." WIG Wilson's - A Short History of The First Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers in North-West Europe