Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 199
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[Page 199]
it and as for hungry well we could have finished a horse each comfortably and asked for more.
It was 11 pm when we reached Busigny Pitch dark, and threatening rain while all the way along the roads were just Pools of mud and water and the tramping feet made it fly in all directions. Sam Charles was marching along side of me and I remember him saying something about "a man ought to be a duck" and then he shut up.
We billeted in a big chateau that night and next afternoon word came through that we were to shift to Favril on the edge of the Mormal Forest and 4 Kilometres from Landrecies.
About 4 pm we left Busigny and with 17 kilometres to go we started off. At one point after we had gone about half way a Tommy Guard turned out to present Arms as we passed