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E.S. "Gordon" Lacey - Diary 3
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August
17th More gas. 18 Left Havre & went down down to Div. wing at St Leger. 20th marched to Vignacourt & got on the Light Railway & went to Dahors. March to the Div. rest camp. 21 Left camp & marched through Sailly-Le-Sec. The village is blown to pieces. We had dinner by the river & then a swim to cool us off. It is beautiful weather, a bit hot, but there are plenty of creeks etc, to swim in behind the line. Reached the Btn Horse Lines & heard that the Btn is to hop over in the morning. a pleasant welcome back. Later we went back to Corbie. 22nd I have been down in the lake all day swimming, it is just the weather to lie in the water. 23 Swimming again, got