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their hands for it is such a dominating position, & this is what Fritz is fighting so hard to get, I don't fancy his chance of ever getting it now the element of surprise has gone & his forces have lost their momentum, it was a terribly solid march for the men to Allonville & they dropped out pretty fast as we approached her for they were done to the world having had no sleep & very little tucker for the last 36 hours, & no one was more pleased than myself when we threw our packs off in a great loft which held nearly the whole Battn. just as we got in down the rain came in torrents & we thanked our lucky stars with our remaining breath that we were not out in such a storm, tea was on as soon as they were ready after this we made our beds & turned in for the night done to the world.