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89to a trench that was originally designed for a cavalry track.
We marched up this eventually coming to "Switch" trench.
It was raining pretty consistently all the time. As usual upon arrival at a new "bevy" there was a rush for what were called the best "possies" or dugouts as they were termed, of course, the first of the men were able to procure these. I was one of the last and, of course, a new comer myself and three others found a place, which after some patching up, we decided would suit us for the stay in the trenches.
We had a meal and afterwards settled down for the night. About midnight the
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