a barn Bert, Cam. John & I transfer to a jute mill. Charlie Duncan rejoins us from hospital. We go out for supper, still hungry so have another. go to roost at 7 PM my foot is sore. Friday Dec 1st Go out for breakfast with Bert & Cam. Fall in at 9.45 AM. & march to Remaisnil via Ham, where we have a stolen dinner (pears jam etc) arrive at 4 PM could not locate our billit, in a lofty barn, all the ambulance in this barn, start up a big fire inside my foot frightfully sore. R.S.M Hall & I have a great chewing match because I am put on cook-house fatigue with my sore foot. freezing outside. big fire inside swipe a bundle of straw & try to sleep. Terribly cold, cant sleep very well Sat Dec 2. Reveille 6.30 A.M. borrow Cams boots, only put on one of them, start fire going again, leave at 8.25 AM to march to Blangermont 14 miles feet sore, cold a little better, billeted in a hay loft near a farm, go into the farm to try
▸ Where was he?
▸ The war at this time
December 1916
The Western Front is quiet as winter sets in. Both sides are exhausted from the Somme. In Britain, political crisis leads to Lloyd George replacing Asquith as Prime Minister on December 7. In Germany, the military leadership is pressing the Kaiser to authorize unrestricted submarine warfare, a decision that will come in January. The Canadian Corps continues its move to the Vimy sector. Units rotate between rest areas and the front line, holding trenches and conducting raids to gather intelligence on German defences. The assault on Vimy Ridge is being planned for spring 1917.
