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there & it is awful to see this desolated place. Nearly every building is smashed, great holes in the walls, & holes in the streets. At 2 a.m. we went down the street & waited at the Crucifix, a fine bit of work. On a tall stone column is a figure of Christ hanging on the Cross in front a lovely piece of statuary of a woman standing in white. The limbers were to bring the rations here at 2 a.m. On the road was one of our big motor lorries with only the wheels left, a shell must have got it properly, & the driver too I suppose. The two limbers & mules arrived, & began to unload the rations, & Fritz began to put his shells over, the brutes must have known the spot. They were bursting about 30 yards away luckily. The different parties got the rations, & the limbers drove away. I was one of Cpl. Begg's party carrying tea & food to C Coy in supports, don't know how these chaps find their way, was glad I wasn't in charge. Got the tucker up alright, then drew our own rations for tomorrow, & camouflaged our trench, that is put new earth on the parapet & parados, to make it look to an airman as if it's ordinary ground. Settled down at daybreak, after mighty hard & heavy toil from 5p.m. the evening before. I am in a short bit of isolated trench with a chap named Shortland we have no shelter, just have to lie in the bottom of the trench as best we can, &, of course, it rained lightly again. We had breakfast under