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We continued our March until we reached the Esplanade which is fairly wide & nicely laid out we passed another Hospital were one of our Coy was & he came out to see us, so we gave him a cheer also the other Tommies, along the Esplanade we passed several Pretty French Ladies also Belgian Officers & Men who had been laid up & now convalescent. After proceeding some distance we turned up a street & up hill we went back to our Camp, arriving there at 12.30 Pm with a good appetite for Dinner. At 2 P.m. we formed up again & went for another route March This time through the Agricultural portion of La Havre were a great treat was in store for us after leaving the Town we made off along a long road only about 15 ft wide & crops of all descriptions. People here don't bother about dividing fences the crops are all open likewise Vegetable plots & the Men & Women were all busy digging & planting. We passed a fine crop of Barley about 3 ft high & growing strong. After walking some distance we were halted for a spell for 15 minutes alongside