early & we leave camp at 4.30 AM & march to La Harve station we go by a shorter route than we went up & its all down hill arrive at depot at 8.15 AM. I am detailed as guard in the forage van with two other boys & have a good trip, the rest of the boys were herded up worse than cattle. we leave La Harve at 11.30 AM. pass thro Rouen & Calais Wed AUG 16. We arrive at Poperinghe, Belgium at 10. AM. we march to a camp known as G15. I am put into No 1 hut this camp is about six miles from Ypres. Saw an aeroplane scrap & some of the enemy aircraft shelled by our anti-aircraft battery. A party of 15 of our unit sent up the line to see how things are actually worked, they are under the care of the 8th Field Amb. Roll call & orders of the day read at 9.30. Thursday aug 17. Rained all the morning. lecture on gas in the afternoon & helmet drill. Walked to a nearby
