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during the winter.
June 5th Tuesday
A. section now with us & I am doing general duties. Have had a couple of outings on a horse. On Sunday I rode to Miramont (Miraumont) passing over one of the most keenly contested battlefields of the war i.e. Thiepval, Beamont-Hamel etc. although spring had improved the appearance of the country signs were not wanting of the fearful shelling. Saw where a shell had buried itself in a tree without exploding. Tonight rode to "Hedencourt" a village favoured by Napoleon, the chateau being a splendid place, surrounded by beautiful woods and parks through which we had a splendid gallop. Now having regular swims in the "Ancre" & find it hard to take. Decorations out for the last stunt we receiving four Military Medals & the colonel a D.S.O. Our Amb easily holds the place of