Item 01: Charles Monaghan diary, 1916 - Page 249

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[Page 249]

24 August 1916
Thursday

Breakfast 8 a.m. Resume our march at 9.30. Packs carried on waggon. Pass thro' Vadencourt, Contay, Harrisart's Ro[indecipherable] Val de Maison, to Beauval. bivouac in calf shed for night. Rather better class town. Fine church in commanding position. Tea at French house. Constan[indecipherable]--officers. Chips & milk. See Tony for minute matching out. Cartwright joins us up en route. Lost all his kit. Deaf in one ear. Bloodstained tunic, gruesome. Glad to see him back.

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