Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 174
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[Page 174]
pack came into my thoughts and I decided to let them have them and get another next time up the line. Going out I got the parcel and they nearly went mad with delight. During the next few days we made trips in into Corbie and Tulloy and brought back packs of clothes ornaments and sacks of potatoes for our own use & before many days we had the old people pretty comfortable.
Everything went well until the morning of the 25th of April at 4 am when we were awakened by the sound of the guns going for all they were worth and on going outside found the sky fairly ablaze with the flashes of artillery and flares. Half an hour later the officer came over and told us that Fritz had broken through and had captured Villers Brettoneaux & was advancing towards Ameins. Orders were issued to don equipment