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a piece of good fortune we were, for our mess had given bread away to temporarily deficient Yanks, & no preparation was made for the journey, until we could draw rations at night. Therefore it was with pleasure that I beheld Jack Sharp, the good trencherman that he is, produce, bread, butter, & jam & milk. The latter, with water from my bottle made a good drink.

Soon after leaving Tincourt we passed Buire rest station with its Red Cross flying gaily in the sun, & entered upon a most desolate the woods & barely war worn fields of the Chaulney district. After Chaulney, however, we came to the awful desolation that exists right the way to Villers Brettoneux.

Soon the country became flat & desolate

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