Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 169

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again (3rd). He had also lost his rifle and selected one from a heap of salvage stuff that was lying by in the enclosure.

As it was cold this time you may be sure that we enjoyed the hot bacon and tea which was provided for us. Whilst here came across some German papers with illustrations of vessels that had been sunk by German submarines.

It was an easy matter to locate our dugouts whilst here although they were in a sunken road because there was a tree jutting over it.

Well the order came that we were to move forward from the sunken road and occupy trenches just in front of the village of Hermies. On we went and it was

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