real bed. Earlier in the day before the boys left R.S.M caught me coming out of an — he bawls me out. Good old Brown. We rearguard party catch up to the unit early Sunday morning Oct 14. whilst they were away the following is an account I got from R.C.D. Entrain at 9:30 PM Houdain siding. arriving at Thermes at 1:30 PM. they then march to billets 6 Kilos, the other side of Aire arriving at 3:30 PM issue of tea only. The majority of the boys spend a pleasant evening in Aire The Very Lights Concert Party are at Aire Town Hall. On Friday they leave Aire at 10:45 + arrive at their billets about 5 P.M. after being lost + doing a lot of unnecessary marching. a long tiring march. On Sat they rest + clean up. Friday Oct 12 I feel pretty good after sleeping on a bed in the chateau. Gruff + Jack sleeps in the car. we eat good all day. The cook + house maid are some stuff. nobon.
▸ Where was he?
▸ The war at this time
Currie prepares
The Canadian Corps relieves the ANZAC Corps at Ypres on October 18. Currie insists on thorough preparation before attacking: new roads, improved gun positions, repaired tramlines for supply. Hundreds of thousands of shells must be moved forward. The front line the Canadians inherit has seen little net gain despite repeated fighting since 1915. Years of costly battles at Ypres have produced a devastated landscape with no intact trenches, no dugouts, and no cover except shell holes and German concrete bunkers.
