Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887- · New York, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 73
RELIEF ARRIVES 49 limbers have come up from about three to four miles away, from the Regimental Transport headquarters, to take all the trench “props” back to the billets. We don’t leave, ourselves, until the “in- coming” battalion has taken over. After what seems an interminable wait, we hear a… … equipment, the sloshing of feet in the mud, and much whispered profanity, which all goes to announce to you that “they’re here ! ” Then you know that the other battalion has arrived, and are now about to take over these precious slots in the ground. When the exchange is complete, we are free to go!…
World War, 1914-1918
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