2479_1982-006_LTR_1915.10.23_004
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- [Upper right annotation:] 4
The first day out we had the heaviest march
we've ever had, men fell out exhausted on
the side of the road & we had a full pack on
added to which we had nothing to eat for
15 hours because when we came to the end of
our march we had to start forming [out?] for
battle & indeed went thro a good deal of
scrapping well into the evening before we
finally got supper. Nor did we get much
comfort in sleep that might for we had
no blanket - part of our transport having been
captured by the "Enemy", so we shivered
most of the night. During the night <sup>(early morning)</sup> I got
up & stood around the camp fire of one of the
field kitchens, there being no wood handy
they had made a bonfire from fat meat &
ribs which flared up & gave them a tremendous
lot of light for working round the field kitchen
(which of course is on wheels so that food
can be cooked while it's actually on the road)
It is a queer sight to see these cooks - the roughest
& dirtiest chaps alive at the best - working
under conditions like these. The poor beggars
have to work at times very hard & at all hours.
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