Diary of Lindsay Robert Turner, 1918 (Vol. 3) - Part 8

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • Documents and letters
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Open to contributions
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RCDIG0001144
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Ireterned it. The deabaleking st if wre not about at thas hour so we had be wait as it bogpined tenbl 8. Then commenced the long tedious wait for our baggage tot be landed aut is crouls it was we pushed on b law for the Absalian Hase Bept Tat Farflew. Wee couldnit seve ap agcert ourfatebut owalleast sdays beforeas at the Reast. M hardans it to Haure this afternoon to a tysical Continental City gd Ifo certain Ill neve become dent admirer. The long Harrow deets bery incant and showin mhen sign of disrepair are so diffrent to those of our aushalian lites or even England. hee Obtained tee fert but of the ruanst normang hovever - budding dinguish.
15 i 50 itfufe Sunder in the sixth car I since we reftt Aushalea notad record Certeinly and all within a spice of some y like four months achpter it was avery disagreeable undan and not the least like I heve oenr experiencing lapel Suoll friend in Bishop Lous of Bathat I had discovered Festerday as well as hos other hewrres ttoboth Cestains in the Bental Corps. Iused to cufor the Kishoas Sermons when he was but a turate tho this morening altho he was ofpecating at the little hurch here That b wdeng 645 instuction at an aljorum He F caue. That helped to make the day dispecable because te had bo bre ond at the wncarthle house of 5.45 with lettle or no bg the hight fou yowsver t was emsical wads day sugland cold and theak and we were overjoyed when te
hge vodue rol wsh t I could get under cover. the whole deternson we spent torbs lefters Now wde the tensorship Eepulations and he have to be nerr much wore Careful whatnever 15/4/18 Afterflli in and having ourpresence on take wohd te four Ths were detailed tke a dismovntd part for a rouse march for some two hours Be dismounkd succan Sufanton add I know wothing of the trit pony still had to at new awan DomeLow. Ifwas either hlt or tensorius etters and we preferred t former on a morning such is it was w no nekor the time but this machon cant last mamkrore days tho it has been known foo wach a week. A I busied myself. sort out os thet as we ranbe pakd for several sont.
wters hat not 81/2/1 erthas pnver and ohaert hiss Mo ae oot dot of bwo showso of M SN 5 I to bran No MtC Sett. mier nider fwa 50 I bawa 16/4/18 we had another sleesin 72 his roming as there was noparade with g and treadfast docand take long to eat. We censored letters wtt Wocked and after that paid a Visit to the Youca for morning hea Atuuidday marching Orders Came but for his officers for the P oron but as it afterwards hanspered foso and Jates were the fortunate ones treed and I were left to shll further wonder where we would 70 I was rather perherbed at the thought of being separated from Ctble Jones as we have been together since we arrived in England but its just the luck of the same. While the two of them busied themselves Gelfin eady to move out at 7. I took a walk over the Hills with Bishos Long. We wereuldistined to whit very long before knowing our fate smed it 1o prent
87 wo wett nas in puva a 50 I we received oiters to debart at 73 iof in the morning for the st. Bwiseon :tohing we had to go I keuonot but sdended to go to bed and have awodstep in case there wasn't another yort coming for several days. 17/4/18. We spent all the monry sri prgwell and repacking our kit for the pcrilons fourney werand and be knew that the heatment usually peeted out to kits is abrety severe one. We displeave at 12 audbe at the Gare Marchandieses in Havre by 1 ofcourse that dideet syrcify leaving at that fine dowe were to find out However armed with our marching orders be arrived at the Hation and hen frend the hain leftat y for somewhere but that went exclusd. The journey remled o hou hp tho Fame many weeks ap under different
Dit 60 2 JoM creunctences tertaite but we g0 were much more comfortable. W had agood run up to 8 oclock when he helt was called for almost anhour during which be had avery good hea at a Cap near the Station and cracked a botble of very old wine tocelebak our porerinly to the Line. The sourtin we passed tho wrsten frchresguet and wosbly agicthd land. and worked by wornce I went t steep wondering just there wed be when nelt I beewed the landscape 18/4118. At6 oclock I woke up whear somone rumarking that we would be debraining ot the next Hation. It wasa remardably ford hin or else we would knuek week mile to our bast. We were then at I Just some miles benowd Pleyecond eather alarge Kailee
1657 3) heworkes. et utres. We detained at the ne knoswhere the Rase of the Station n tersions were had a pod wack nud a shave at a farmhouse and after supplying hatper to the men stt for our bese here at Brusanss. Out a small belloge and some t wules distant it alowe hame that the mand and aoth wen here hear dadem with haads and rifles and we had two rathershff hills toclumb. We irreved at 5.30 y rid your draft and then mate one way to a faridouse here surness is aud where we were to be billeted. The Village is paaal of all French Villages mostlly the houses have been deserted by the posslation and renymst o wlk of repair and ever where oe coldiers Cushaliam tosft the neelens drm of theus an ts belledd here and it is
3r had X tichnically kown as the 76 anct. Devisional lir. Here the meuth of the Bevrsion are collected auedratted to therr various anat some of which are in the Line and peife 10 mules awany we was i the oaly respectable living room the farmbouce and habe our quarkers in a small hay room attacked to the barn. Hibver comfortable thet very draughto shll we, rolled buiselves upon yor breesing baps and you the for wiht sleas excertingly well es is onr first experience real war conditions weare Madnall, being educated up to the real thang 4/15. We are out of the Line socublled to get uplate as a bratter of fact it wis soctack before I woke up and las in bedatt to heased nuch Eleef. We had a sholl torn 473 wllage io onlya bey
on i ue wo one so that didn't take us ton 77 I wet an old Brunedale, prienk at Houst Sew afacer Knowwill shuggling hard with a hupepad and bearing sod Baft plow </ og along on an wey out there yeskerlat. He recomenc he istout and we had fo hurried works to a to one another bil I have his us This will be happening almoat wern dan now degrect. he were wie to ae adjoining village the atterroon tohee afriend of srce was the toth Bafter but it hommnencedto lon heavily so We posponed the bymihd Wharrow 20/4/18 Schardam in k Teush Killage differs slighth from our experance of it in Eushalia and wenin Bngland. Its woholiden here ho as amatter of fact whe went but on are expedition wslve
105 1 10 a nex Shofin his afternoon and aftenge wruelle where the Coth Ht o arebillited. The place wespine b a beautiful old Chapan not noed as Buot HA whilst the officrs are in residence at the Chalet a kind of Lodge. The Gounts are well lat out and heatly kept and t Zet int such hplace one is truly forhwak Inw my friend as well as Leveral others I resoquised and pen avery engonable evenand. As we were chruing home several placees flew over on du errand of destruction presumedt in and bround papame and one We distck recognised as a soche machine. Wher we returned the hnwelcome new Iwaited an that we as vivisional very ked to hauser to Pernors Toee 8 wtes aan ar us and the rail head we debaured At Ie will ne mother haveg

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