Item 05: E. J. Martin diary, 3 February-2 May 1917 - Page 25
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[Page 25]
laid irregularly among the shell holes. A slip off any of these duck boards meant immersion in one of the holes, all of which were almost full of water.
I heard one of the boys behind me say: "Old Dad (meaning me) is bound to come a cropper before we get through". All the same I got through without an accident.
In the afternoon, all more or less exhausted we reached the wreck of a fine village, the streets of which were cobblestoned & the survival of some really fine houses were evidenced by the walls & gateways. In France the term village means more than it does in England, because
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