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November & December 1916
were very frequent & also saw one of our scout planes bring down a fritz in flames. In the afternoon of the 13th we were releived by the 49th Battalion & we moved back to Berenacourt. That night we slept cramped up under tarpaulins & next moved moved back to Fricourt & same night held a concert by a big camp fire. Next morning the 15th we marched back to Buire to billets & it was quite a change to be away from the muck again. Next morning we got our packs & was able to have a good wash & shave & also went to a vaudeville show at night. On the 17th we left Buire by motors & passed through Amiens & alighted at Flessells where we billeted.
Next morning we awoke to find that we had had about 2 inches of snow & it was the first of the season. While in billets here we went through parade ground drill & on one afternoon "A" Coy played "D" Coy football & "A" coy won by 33 to nil. On the 20th we left Flessells by motors & went to Buire where we alighted & after marching about two miles found that there was no accommodations & had to return to Buire & lived in tents. During our first weeks stay at Buire we had an early reveille & had to march to Dernancourt where we worked in a saw mill & also repairing billets & also in a stone quarie. The next week we were on a