Berkshire Chronicle Reading 07-1915
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When thair ehort lean .JfB8
t&lion proceeded to
m&i
ned only
.t¥'f&of the. b~~~~n~~=;,~;
France.
The .ewry
wlls!iold
6CrmlS the 'Channe1
Private W. · Faulkner,
with
~_
lIome .
lord, and who, untortuD.ately, died in
ing ~ane afieJ: _ing .. ~ . deal I
figltttng.
,
.
. ,"
I
.. When we came home from Indie., I' s!lid '
I(6!Ia:nt Oxonian, ! " We .' ,Wille .not aJrout
Wore we got shifted 6Ol'OS8 to FHOOsland . l"'llael<l·
..t Havre. There
~tecl ; fOur ' ~J.
ibiDg8 were fixed up, IMId 1ben ,w')
1Mlllt.
litl.le pllLOe ca!uoolYernlle. i.bout 160
in a north-ea.sterly direction," e-nd·· .. , few .
behind t he tren:Ches. We ' tr-&TQlled
.
when I .&y train ·!I nleloll e. 80rGieJ:s! t.rlun-.~e.t~le.
I trucks, luggage 'fAIlS, iI.ab ~DII.
·w.
we
lmiles
-n
flUiUld."
warmer placeA, .we ~8.00n
·1IS1ICl
. -but we \~ere :.-ery'
)
t
added, . ,. we found t.he diBenlD.Q'8
knock 80me of us abom- preUY
were welllookEllt~ in the _y
although a ' few
to b .. D1lJ'IIed
ti¥
}Va fO)lnd ' fight.iD~ .
tbe
.
,..t:j,'riiL~.::;i :~~~:?~;~~~~~~l;~
When we'
gotfulhting
to this.1itt).,
easier
than
·-toM pI..,.,â¢.; J!
had 1IIl~' four ,de-ye' ·etal, _d ' next.1
l6Ilced fiiBt to Laventie, ' ·lIJ!other fOllf UWL8,lLton
ihe way, and tlHn we wel1' in ~e . ·tJiick
'l'Jteee li~ pl&<\eB wen pretty welll&id
~e
wb.e n they l'elired, .but
-o:um-
.. few-itlDng& left, . th,, ··bo.rne we wen> ¥1;retM
and very ooulforto.ble thev
to<
' r-.an,u
wans of ,. ohureh -. or two.
Laventje w84 ,. B . plendid: affQir
· thou~h. we did· nG~gO in$ide tlr.
do Wl~ it, the !litemy W&l! pU,."'''1!
ldiells into it every
around for WI, . a.nd ~~~~:~..Jril
1111; thereene ~ to rile II
proud of UlIllr .. old ~~~~~::,!
the trenchM, ~ Ie
in and out day ~
.
' ih.jft.â¢Iid·
out of Neuve Cban,elle
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