155) before, because I thought that, of all the officers, the chaplain should look the freshest and cleanest.

I was in the middle of the process of shaving, and some staff officers were making chocolate for our supper, when a German plane came over and dropped a huge bomb in the garden.

It was about one a.m., and we could not help laughing at the surprise the Germans would have felt if they could have seen our occupation going on quite undisturbed by their attempt to murder us.
About half-past one, I started up the street which led to the Bapaume road.

The moon was shining, and I could see every object distinctly.
Near our old Headquarters I got a lift in a lorry, which took me almost to Pozieres.

There I got out and proceeded on my way alone.