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[13th April contd]
returned safely Wrote to home etc in Coffee stall in the "evacuated" area Houplines. Was just hopping into bed when word came that I was to proceed to Houplines again with the night working party & get the bricks. We drove down as far as it was safe to go in with Waggons. Then each wagon was to dash along the road on its own – with ten minutes interval. Arriving at the post we loaded very fast & got away again smoothly as Fritz sprays machine guns on the post occasionally. However things passed O.K. & we proceeded to Steenwerck where the building a huge Dressing Station was in progress. We eventually got back to billets at 3.30 am & had breakfast then bed. Houplines by the way is in Belgium.
Saturday 14th [April]
Our slumber was rudely awakened at about 8.30 by the whizzing of shrapnel & perhaps nose caps and as the roof was only Ruberoid I thought it best to get up & put my tin helmet on. On investigating I found that a Fritzs aeroplane was about 100 ft above us & soldiers in streets had a machine gun (Lewis) & rifles playing on him but without effect. Aircraft shrapnel was going dangerously low too. He got away.
Afternoon Visited Divisional Baths & had a 'bon' bath.