Item 03: Archie Barwick diary, 10 May-23 July 1916 - Page 208
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sent up in motors to the gun's, what a shameful thing, our I believe their officers are a rotten lot take them althrough & the men have no confidence in them a bit different to the old 1st Division what a body of men they are, as good a Division as there is in France, its through the 4th Division that we are not going right back for our spell, its a bit hard on us especially as we have had a pretty hard time of it ever since the middle of April, & all were looking forward to a spell right back but I suppose it can't be helped.
They say our Div. is now part of a mobile Army & we are likely to go anywhere & you can bet it will be where the fighting is heaviest.
All the drill we are getting now is on the move, rifle exercises & all, they