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operation which were very heavy. However all things come to an end & so did this. After getting into our compartment we had previously had a [indecipherable] of [indecipherable] between ourselves & bought champagne, tinned fruits, cakes etc. & I can tell you we had a pretty lovely trip while it lasted. We then went to sleep on the floor in the racks & anywhere we could get & was awakened at 6.30 am by the guard who told us we had reached our destination , called code – Wauvelde near the Belgium frontier. Then began the work of disentraining.
9.9.16 Saturday
We finished offloading & had a cup of tea, looked in & moved off for an unknown destination. . After passing through much interesting country we stopped at Steenvord for dinner. I rode through this city & was much interested in all I saw. We started off then & crossed the Franco Belgian Frontier at 2 pm. Just after riding along from the Frontier I ran into Uncle Charlie whom I have not seen since leaving Egypt. I had quite