Letter 26th December 1914, item 3
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after our night, though there were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, then we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached the town of Belhure (Bailleul ). We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new billets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 a.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soon as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enemy and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was still raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up a tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were drowned. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
After wandering through the water the whole night, I went into one
-
after our night, though there were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, then we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached the town of Belhure (Bailleul ). We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new billets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soon as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enemy and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was still raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
After wandering through the water the whole nigth, I went into one
-
after our night, though there were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, then we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached the town of Belhure (Bailleul). We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new billets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soon as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enemy and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was still raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
After wandering through the water the whole nigth, I went into one
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached the town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
After wandering through the water the whole nigth, I went into one
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
After wandering through the water the whole nigth, I went into one
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
of our men had to be carried to the Ambulance with Rheumatism.
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held them like a bog. Our Terriers are sticking it like heroes.
The two in our ambulance stuck it along with the rest, though five
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
were not wounded before they were wounded. The Country is terrible
flat here. It was dark, and nobody could get near them, and the
mud held thel like a bog.
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, three of the Gloucesters
were drowned in the mud and water in one of the trenches, and they
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
what it was really like without a lie, tree of the Gloucesters
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
bring the food up to the trenches at night. To give you an idea
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
up at tree, and fire at the stretcher bearers, or the cookers that
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
in the dark, you might be sniped at. These snipers are usually
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
usual sniping at us, for if you go up any road near the Firing Line
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
night for our first one back in the Firing Line, and we had the
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
the Firing Line charged the enem y and capture Five Tranches, so
we had plenty of work, and it was stille raining, so we had a fine
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
had a great many wounded as our Brigade as soo as they are into
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three feet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
we were up and down that road till 5 p.m. the next morning for we
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three fet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road was 5 feet, and some 7 feet deep. Well
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three fet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
some parts of the road w
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about 11 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
three fet deep in water, and the road was full of holes, so that
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
about &1 p.m. and oh, what a road to carry wounded down ! It was
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
we shifted to our new illets, we went out to collect the wounded
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
we moved nearer the Firing Line to a village called Borre. It is
Under shell fire, but the Germans are very quiet just now. After
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
Troops. They are going back for a few weeks rest. Next night
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
First Division was to relieve the 8th Division that is the Indian
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
Trenches to relieve the Indian Troops, so we discovered that the
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
in a barn for the night, and all the Infantry went right up to the
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
Monday night when we reached te town of Belhure. We billeted
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
at a place called Merville, the we went on again till 5 p.m. on
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marched on till 2 a.m. in the
morning, and it started to rain. We had a halt for two hours
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
when along came an order to fall in at once, so we had to pack up
and marched off at 7 p.m. We marches on till 2 a.m. in the
-
after our night, though ther were some sore heads in the morning,
and on the Sunday I was going to write to you, and had just started
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Bailleul
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Merville
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Outersteene
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Borre
Location(s)
Story location Borre
Document location Bailleul
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Additional document location Merville
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Additional document location Outersteene
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- James McFarlane
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Certains noms de lieu sont mal orthographiés. Est-il possible – comme je l’ai fait dans le texte transcrit – de les écrire en français à côté et entre parenthèses pour que les futurs lecteurs retrouvent ces lieux de mémoire ?
Yes please mark them as such and also add Geo-tags on the map. In this case I am not sure, if Belhur really is Bailleul, since they marched from Outersteene via Merville, Belhure to Borre, which would mean they had to do quite some diversions, which of course might have been needed.