As we passed over the ground which had already been won from the Germans, we were amazed at the wonderful dugouts which they had built, and the huge craters made by the explosion of our mines.

The dugouts were deep in the ground, lined with wood and lighted by electric light.

Bits of handsome furniture, too, had found their way there from the (p.

137) captured villages, which showed that the Germans must have lived in great comfort.

We were certainly glad of the homes they had made for us, for our division was in the line three times during the battle of the Somme, going back to Rubempre and Canaples when we came out for the necessary rest between the attacks.
Looking back to those terrible days of fierce fighting, the mind is so crowded with memories and pictures that it is hard to disentangle them.