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being made in street & bought & ate them.
I may add that for to night I have taken off my belt & stars & appears as a real digger.
When matters began to quieten a little here we descend to the Boulevards again & about 4.30 am I think breakfast would be nice & as I know a nice little restaurant in Rue Reelle which is open all night or at least in the early morning for Les Halles we go there only to find place crowded & that no more are being admitted
We try other places with same result & then adjourn to first to await our turn. Inside I sample the famous Soupe de l'oignon which is only bread soup with a concoction of cheese on top no onion is visible hence the name.
At 6 am I take a trip to see if it would be possible to see procession as Brise wishes to see it. To go along Boulevarde is absolutely impossible & as we are near end of route Champs Elysee is out of the question.
Seeing the ground a little elevated some distance from curb with a street that has not been closed up. We take up our stand with 2 hours to wait for commencement of procession & another 2 hours before it reaches us & then it comes.
[Marchhaux & [generaux] all who have been or have done anything in this great struggle – one after the after – & the colours of all the regiments