Item 04: Sydney B. Young war diary, 15 April-19 September 1917 - Page 27

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just on 3 miles an hour including 10 minutes every hour spell. We quite enjoyed the march and at dinner-time which was 10 a.m., for we had an early breakfast, we had done 10 miles.                         The country was very beautiful as it is all under cultivation.           At 2.30 p.m. we arrived at Shaftesbury a fair sized village which was a very welcome sight.
We were bivouacked in a big paddock &