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176handles up in the air thrown across his shoulders.
Before we set out we were supplied with an empty petrol tin each. It was not long before I had to discard this however. We came to a sunken road with high sloping banks and a gutter at the bottom. To make matters more difficult there was a telephone wire stretched across the bottom which had to be surmounted as well.
The sloping banks were slippery with mud, we would succeed in getting up about half way and the go back again. I found the only way was to stand up on a tin and get a start. I was the last man. It was no good getting
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