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One The 3rd Div. exhibited some German Guns in the Square at Bailleul with a placard stating they were the first Guns captured by Aussies. The A.I.F. captured German Guns at Pozieres 1916 & then the 4th joined them there about & seen it they nearly went mad. There has been some sand bagging around here lately so there was a big raid this morning & every one outside the limits of his own camp was gathered even if he had a pass. Our Dental Parade came back under escort from Saint-Ouen & the Sgt. Major had to go out at intervals through the day rescuing Blighty leave men & other fellows who had leave passes to Amiens, Picquigny & other towns.
Visited Amiens yesterday. Was surprised at the number of Civilians who have returned there. Business is in full swing although a whole pane of Glass is quite a curiosity. Scarcely any of the Houses have been repaired. I visited the Cathedral, only one shell (a Dud too) landed inside. It came through the Roof & smashed a couple of tiles on the floor, the rest of the damage consisted mostly of Broken Windows. Nearly everything of artistic value has been removed. Here in the public market I seen Horseflesh for sale, it looked alright. It was plainly branded "Cheval".
11-11-18, Monday
We had two wins to-day. We won the war & our soccer team beat the 5th Field Coy. The most marvelous thing I ever seen was the cool way in which our fellows took the fact that the war was ended. There was no excitement at all. Only