Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 51

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[Page 51]

to the 3rd Batt. band which was play practised "The Arcadians" & "Cavalierio" by the side of the road which runs between cliff & marsh to Moscourt.

[Note in margin] Chippily

The landscape there is a trifle more inspiring than ours here. The white cliffs under which the chaps were camped in dug outs, & the green rushy marsh with plenty of fairly healthy looking trees combined to vary my outlook & made me feel more confident & less bored. Even there, however, I discovered a horses hoof & broken limber wheel hidden in the grass. It reminded me of XXX

"Such things you know must always be
After a famous victory."

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