days later. Hear some hot yarns about this lovely place we are heading for. “Somme” Wed OCT. 11 Fall in to march to Albert. breakfast one hour earlier. feel tired. had no shut-eye. left Warloy at 9.15 AM arrive at the brickfields near Albert at 12 noon, prepare to leave for the line at once. 20 from each squad to go.
I am not picked, so I trade places with Frank Thompson he wants to meet his brother. no supper. leave the brickfields at 4.30 PM for the Chalk pits on the Bapaume Road. just the other side of Albert, about two miles, we get there at 10.30 PM we have done six hours hard marching above our boot tops in mud to accomplish about two miles. Nick & T.E.C lost us in Sausage Valley. my ankle is very sore. cup of coffee on arrival no grub since 9 AM. Put into a 40 foot dug out on the German old front line, before July 1 le
