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I believe they have gone to a place called Strazeele about 30 miles from. If rumor is true we are going to Borre a big Railways Junction of 4 lines about 1 mile out of Hazelbruick a big town, we are going about Saturday. Strazeele is further on about 3 miles so we may yet meet the Canadian Boys again. As the boys marched out of Camp our lads gave them a good Cheer as they moved off & it was just as heartly returned as given. I then went over to have a Hot Bath on my way over I heard Guns firing in several directions up in the Air. Although we could not see any Taube Aeroplanes they being to high we could distinctly see the Shrapnel & High Explosives shells bursting around. The bursting of the Shells got further away as the Anti Air Craft Guns took up the firing so therefore Fritz must have been having a Fly for Observation purposes, after a little while Shells were bursting in another direction, First in the South then West & around to North where the bursting of the Shells became fainter until