Item 05: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 26 September-13 December 1917 - Page 63

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[Page 63]

would have to cross here to get there unless, as I suspect, there is a big [indecipherable] here.
By the map I can see the position now

[sketch of relative positions of principle towns and the front line]

Poperinge X
X Ypres
X Caestre
X Hazebrouck
Line

Wednesday 31st Oct
Still in the rest camp, & except for a few fatigues such as unloading waggons, have done nothing.
Have been into Caestre several times. It is crowded with soldiers every night, & the dozen or so shops (estaminets & half refreshment & half novelty & produce stores) seem to do a great trade. Australians & Canadians predominate, & there

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