Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 98

• December 6, 2016 15:21:15 Jake Warren

  Pretty quick was filled with dust but any how

  we managed to get it down alirght as we

  were so very hungry. After something to eat

  we all had to take our bed ticks & fill

  them with straw & when night came at last

  We laid down in the dust as bad as it were

  & slept like tops untill morning.

   

  Fri Mar 12 1915

   

  The First day of Manoevers we rose at 5-30

  & then had two hours drill what is called

  artillary Formation. That is marching in groups

  scattered all over as that Artillery cannot get

  the range of all groups at once & you get a

  better chance of reaching your object in that way

  we then had a good breakfast off Porridge &

  Tea & Bread & Butter which went down grand

  after Breakfast about 9 o-clock we were told

  we were going to attack a hill which we

  could see in the distance about 7 miles away

  to get to this place was something awful

  we marched through swamp up to our knees

• November 28, 2016 21:08:06 Sue Bryant

  Pretty quick was filled with dust but any how

  we managed to get it down alirght as we

  were so very hungry. After something to eat

  we all had to take our bed ticks & fill

  them with straw & when night came at last

  We laid down in the dust as bad as it were

  & slept like tops untill morning.

   

  Fri Mar 12 1915

   

  The First day of Manoevers we rose at 5-30

  & then had two hours drill what is called

  artillary Formation. That is marching in groups

  scattered all over as that Artillery cannot get

  the range of all groups at once & you get a

  better chance of reaching your object in that way

  we then had a good breakfast off Porridge &

  Tea & Bread & Butter which went down grand

  after Breakfast about 9 o-clock we were told

  we were going to attack a hill which we

  could see in the distance about 7 miles away

  to get to this place was something awful

  we marked through swamp up to our knees

  
  

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