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of a Squirrel wheel
Monday 23-10-16
I just heard today that F. Lane was at Etaples in the Q.Ms store. while I was there & I missed him. We had a rough march through very pretty country today about 15 miles. We passed through Watten a nice town on a Canal. We seem to have left most of the mud in Belgium. All of our Boys say the Belgian Soldiers are no good – very treacherous but they admire the French Soldiers.
Tuesday 24-10-16
That was a brute of a march yesterday 15 M. A couple of cookers & the Ration cart broke down – result no Rations this morning. We are 6.5 KM from Watten 13 from St Omer 1 from Monneville.
25-10-16
Left the Estaminet at midnight & arrived in St Omer at about 5.15 AM then entrained. Had a pretty rough night march. Left St Omer about 7.30 arrived at Longpre at 3.45 AM left about 4.30 & marched until 7.30 P.M. mostly uphill. No 2 Platoon fell out on the way in a body but after persuasion moved on. Everybody dead beat eventually arrived at Hailly[?] Left there in motors next day 26-10-16 & travelled via Flixecourt, Picquigny, Breilly, Amiens, Buire-sous-Corbie [?] arriving at 9.0 P.M. The motors pulled up about 100 times on the trip. In Amiens the trees had all shed their leaves although when