Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 177

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We set off to find the trenches and succeeded after a lot of trouble, it took two of us to carry the cookers. We were in the first place led by a chap who said he would guide us to the trench by the aid of the stars – but he lost the star I believe. He also had a tree in mind as well but unfortunately something must have happened to that as well.

We finally found ourselves in NO MAN'S LAND in close proximity to the German line. However we bye and bye reached the end of our search. The relieving Battn were in outposts containing about

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