We were reasonably
comfortable, having a Nissen hut, also huts for the men and stables for
the horses. In the afternoon Cruikshank, Nicholson, Shapland and
myself took a ride over the open country. We could not resist it as
had never seen anything quite so open in France. We were more than
annoyed on getting back to the Mess at four thirty p.m. to find an
order there saying we were to go into action that night. At five p.m.
an order arrived that we were to move off at six thirty p.m. It was a
tremendous rush to get away but the whole brigade managed it. We
marched via Bertincourt, Ruyaulcourt, Metz, Trescault and came into
action just east of Havrincourt. It commenced snowing as we came
through and, after two hours of it, down came the rain. The whole
brigade trudged up into action and we had guides from 62nd division
RA, the positions being pegged out with pieces of wood. The guides had
difficulty in finding their way in the snow, but we eventually hit the
positions, all in a small valley. Needless to say, it was getting
very sloppy and the going was very heavy, especially up a long slope
from the road, and two of our wagons stuck
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