Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 156

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round. The Germans all the time were going back and we had to go after him again. We moved off again. The whole of the Brigade was camped round here. We set off one day for our next turn in the trenches.

It was not nice, but with 10 others we were left behind to tidy up the billets after the other chaps had moved on.

We found plenty of tins of Bully Beef and also tins of jam close by. These we would offer to the French people but they would refuse as a rule to take anything offered by us. Small wonder too. We finished our job of cleaning up and there at about 10 past 3 we set off. One feature of Ribemont was the school where the little children were taught.

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