Mercer papers, 9 December 1917-19 June 1919 / Harold Mercer - Page 93
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was along wait. In the meantime we found an empty canteen, with plenty of beer in it and naturally did not let the beer remain to (possibly) fall into German hands. A Tommy told us a disreputable story about how the Tommy officer in charge of the unit to which the canteen belonged – a Labour unit I suppose – had simply called his crowd together & marched them off, on receipt of a windy message that Fritz was coming through.
At last, some of the companies got into battle order, and marched off, leaving their packs just where they were. It seems they are going straight to the line. I saw Bob Humphries, who says he will see I join up in a day or so. We ourselves moved back to Marie Cappel, a very pretty village, near Cassel, and where placed in tents there. We are all pretty well fagged.