Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 71
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like Savages, all over mud & whiskers, but still smiling. Going out we met with a hot parting from Fritz but managed to get out with no casualties.
About 6 pm that evening we reached Montauban Hill, Commonly known to the boys as "Hungry Hill", & here they told us we were going to stay a few days although there wasnt a tent or dugout erected. "Dig in" they said, and about 1 hour after there was Tommies running round looking for roofing Iron, Gun Covers, Tarpaulins, and anything that could be put to any use, while "Hungry Hill" looked like a small city.
Tim Quinn & myself made a visit to the Dump ½ mile away, & got away with about 100 new sand bags & 2 sheets of Iron. Out of these we built a bonny little home. It was while here that a batch of Reinforcements joined us and who should be amongst them but Nugget. I told him to try &