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"Pushevillers" Here we loaded up the train with the aid of the Infantry, all our wagons tentage etc going on & had a supper of biscuits & bully & tea about 10.30 P.M. We then boarded the train which consisted of trucks, everyone being in a happy frame of mind, singing & cracking jokes. We lay down in our overcoats & although the truck had been lately inhabited by horses I slept right through the night.
Tuesday 31st. July
Arrived in "Arques" about 9.30 A.M. detrained & received a cup of cocoa from the Y.M.C.A. their sign read "Buckshee cocoa for the troops" We then marched about six miles to "Eblingham" distant about 6 miles from Hazebrouck" & arrived feeling rather tired & hungry about 1.P.M. At 2.30 we had dinner which saved our lives & did nothing till teatime. The village is very scattered