Walter Draycott’s Great War Chronicle
North Vancouver Museum & Archives
We leave billet at 12:15 for Mont Des Cats. I leave Coy at Bailleul & go into town. Met L/c Lightbody + go to Cinema. Afterward to Meteren + near Mont des Cats distance 15 Kilometers in full Marching Order.
*Mont des Cats – A small hill near Godewaersveld in Flanders. The Mont des Cats Abbey sits atop the hill and was originally built around 1650. The famous Mont des Cats cheese has been made in the Abbey by monks since 1890.
We move off from Blaringhem for somewhere. Troops very tired. Bad feet and bad boots.
Roads very bad for marching – cobble stones. Heavy marching order with skin fur coats. Oh what a load 55 to 60 pounds – many fall out. We camp at Meteren in a barn, no change of underwear until leaving Winchester. Getting bully beef and biscuits. Water bad. Again no sleep.
*Bully Beef – Corned Beef
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