[The Great War As I Saw It by Frederick George Scott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Great War As I Saw It CHAPTER IX 10/12
When I got down to the 13th Battalion however, I found that I had to take cover, as the German snipers and guns were active.
I did not have any service for that Battalion then, as I was going to them on the following Sunday, but at evening I held another midnight service for those of the 16th who were on duty the night before. The only place available was the billet of the Machine Gun Officer in the second trench.
It was the cellar of a ruined building and the entrance was down some broken steps.
One of the sergeants had cleaned up the place and a shelf on the wall illuminated by candles was converted into an altar, and the dear old flag, the symbol of liberty, equality and fraternity, was once again my altar cloth.
The Machine Gun Officer, owing to our close proximity to the enemy, was a little doubtful as to the wisdom of our singing hymns, but finally allowed us to do so.
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