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officer & was surmounted by a splendid monument plain but good with the iron cross engraved, indeed several had the iron cross judging by the number of graves so marked. Very little damage had been done a few graves only having been disturbed by shells, a few bones & skulls being unearthed. Two French deputies who had been killed in the Town Hall were buried during the afternoon, a firing party of 200 Australians being provided & they both looked & acted well looking well in comparison to the French soldiers present our lads certainly take a lot of beating as soldiers. At night orders came through that all buildings had to be evacuated owing to mines & that all men should live out in tents etc. for a period of 25 days. We could not see ourselves sleeping in the open so carried on as before. If they want us to sleep outside they