We stopped for a few days at Fletre, and while there I made the acquaintance of the Australians, and visited the battalions which were billeted in the neighbourhood.
It was always delightful to have the Division out in rest.

As long as the men were in the line one could not be completely happy.

But when they came out and one went amongst them, there was nothing to overcloud the pleasure of our intercourse.

One day I rode over to a battalion and found a lot of men sitting round the cookhouse.

We had a long talk about the war, and they asked me to recite my war limericks.
I spent the evening with the O.C.of a battery and the night, on my return, was very dark.