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21 October 1916Saturday
Cold & stiff we disentrain at Longpre in Somme area. Scratch breakfast at cafe coffee & biscuits. While frost & icicles on railway carriage Take up our march at 10 a.m. & walk 4 miles thro' villages – Tolim L'etoile & Bouchon at which latter we billet. – a dirty poor hole it is. nothing to buy & little grub. Wander round to get warm. & pinch wood. buy straw & eat green apples. Make fire in old fire-place & warm ourselves as best we can.
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