Fine day. Training parades & bathing had ? swim in River ANCRE, very cold. Good news of the attack. THIEPVAL & COMBLES taken.

Fine day. Leave CORBIE 8.50 am by march route to MERICOURT via BRAY main road. Take up a defensive position on high ground to repel an attack by the rest of the Bde. Attack carried out very well. Arrive MERICOURT at 2.10 pm. Poor village bad billet. Great air activity, several fights over us, in which our planes appear to be the masters.

Leave COISY 9.15 by march route to CORBIE. Brigade practice en route. Stop for dinner at QUERRIEU arrive CORBIE AT 4.30 PM. Good billet. Nice bed.

Mme Parin.

Fine day. Bn. Parade. Practice attack in the open & from trenches. Drums proceed to 4^th Army school. Draft of 127 arrive. Duck for dinner, a present from Madame. Very good.

Fine morning. Much air activity. AMIENS bombed by enemy aircraft. Damage slight. Raid at 3.30 am. Visit AMIENS Nice walk round met Sgnts R.E. Arrive home 10.0 pm.

Fine morning. Slight showers later. Training parades.

Sent parcel to L.

Showery day. Parades. CSM BARRETT of A.G. Staff here for instructional purposes Bayonet Fighting. Canteen opened 6 – 8 pm. No cigarettes. Smoke Woodbines.

Wet morning. Fine later. Visit AMIENS. Nice town, cathedral sandbagged, plenty of FRENCH soldiers. Bought Pork chops 6 for 5.60frs. very dear. Bonne Promenade. Arrive back 8.0 pm. Saw WESTON late Sig Sg. 2^nd Bttn.

Very wet day. Visit billets. Too wet for parades.

Madame LE PICHE ADOLPHE Cultivature

Train. Tedious journey. Lost my cap at CALAIS. Bad luck . Arrive LONGEAU 2.30 pm. Prisoners German. March to COISY about 10 kilos. Very tired. Get Billet about 8.30 pm. Poor village billets no good. Sleep well.