Item 01: Charles Monaghan diary, 1916 - Page 198

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[Page 198]

1916 July 4
Tuesday

Up at 5.30 & to work. moving. Parade at 2 p. m. & set out on our march of 8 miles. Sent on black bag & blankets for transport. Carry equipment & overcoat. Thunderstorm breaks as we leave. Rained all the way. Do a forced march all the way. Thoroughly fagged out at termination. Cross the frontier between France & Belgium. Now on Belgian soil at Neuve Eglise. Crowd of 20 in tent wet clothes & mud

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