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August 1916
from the noise of battle for nearly everybody was worn nerve strung on account of concussion. On the morning of August the 9th we had to pack our gear & started to wend our way back to the firing line. Our first march was as far as La. Vicogne which was a good distance & where we rested till next morning & then marched to the village of Herissart & remained there training for a couple of days. It was the morning of the 14th that we made our next move & then went as far as Vadencourt where we went into huts situated in the centre of a big forest but our stay was sort for next day we marched to the hills at the rear of Albert were we bivouaced for a few hours & prepared for the firing line. It was at dusk of the same day when we moved off as platoons at long intervals & marched to a reserve trench behind the lines of our big guns & we remained there till 1am next morning. The rain began to fall & when we were awakened at 1am it was fairly heavy & then our orders were to move. "A" Coy was the last to go & we marched through mud over the tops of our boots to the support trench on the far side of Poziers & we took up our position about 5am & the other companies took over the firing line. We remained in supports all day of the 15th & orders came out for