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Fireing line & at times it is heavilly shelled by Fritz Large shell holes being observed on both sides of the line, still the Civilians on the Land take no notice & are working in the fields harvesting their Crops of Wheat & Oats etc, of course all the Towns are empty & in some cases are badly knocked about, also the station buildings are down, the Goods shed at Lillers of Bricks & Mortor is level with the ground, a heavy shell struck it, after a short run I arrived at Fouquereuil passing the Observation Balloons on the way which means that we were about 5 miles from the line, after my French Guard had a word with the Officer in charge of the Station, I was directed to continue on to a branch line to Bruay about 3 miles away, with a French Pilot, as I did not know the Road, so in a few minutes we were off again & eventually arrived at my destination at 9.30 Pm where I left my Eng Train & started to return, as it was dark & a clear night, Fritz was expected over Bombing at any moment. we had not proceeded far when the Search lights came out & all lights in Camps were put out, then the