Cocks letter diary, 1916-1919 / Verner Cocks - Page 283
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couldn't carry on & no wonder. Water was scarce & we lived on biscuits which were scattered along the road - having been upset off carts & pack mules by shells. We worked along a road which was under constant shellfire & were very lucky in missing everything.
Many mules were killed along the road but it was marvellous how the traffic escaped. To see a road in the forward area during an advance makes one wonder at the marvelous organisation. Every department represented & is carrying on independently & bustling for places along the road & through this stream you can see the line of stretchers wending its way. No-one cared for others so long as you get your own job done. That night I managed to get a bit dry & warm over a Tommy cooker & got a few hours sleep. Next day
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