Although the sector was quieter, 125th Bde HQ was hit by a salvo of shells and the signal office wiped out. The division was withdrawn for rest and training on 15 February 1918. By 1 March the company's strength was 9 officers and 274 ORs. At a lecture to the division's officers and NCOs on 1 March 1918, the commander of 42nd (EL) Division, Maj-Gen Arthur Solly-Flood, coined the motto 'Go one better', which continued to be used by the signal company and its successors. When the German Spring Offensive opened on 21 March, 42nd (EL) Division was in GHQ Reserve, and was ordered forward on the night of 22/23 March. It rushed up without transport and took up positions near Bapaume the following night, with DHQ and Report Centre established at Gomiécourt. The signal company was unable to function properly without its transport and equipment, and had to rely on its motorcycle despatch riders. Much signal cable that was laid was wasted by the frequent movements of HQs, and casualties were heavy among signallers repairing shelled cable, while the wireless station at Gomiécourt was knocked out by a series of direct hits. The brigade signal sections suffered many casualties in the heavy fighting. On the afternoon of 25 March DHQ moved to Foncquevillers, where the signallers picked up a buried cable route and re-established communications with corps HQ. The advanced Divisional Signal Office found itself in No man's land for 12 hours, but got all its stores away using motor transport. DHQ moved back again on 26 March, entailing more signal cable being run, with pairs of signallers stationed every half mile to check and repair the lines. The division was out of the line for rest and reorganisation from 7 to 16 April, after which it returned to Foncquevillers, where the signallers re-located and brought back into use cables that had been buried during the Battle of the Somme two years earlier. Visual, wireless, carrier pigeon, messenger dog and rocket signals were all used. The division was out of the line again from 6 May to 7 June, when tactical training was carried out, and the operators and linemen trained the signallers of the 307th US Infantry Regiment, which was attached to 42nd (EL) Division for training. The division returned to the front on 8 June. Now that the line had stabilised a complete system of Front, Support ('Red') and Reserve ('Purple') positions was prepared, with a switch line between the Red and Purple systems, connected by buried signal cables.