When we arrived at the main road, I had to deliver up my horse to its owner, and then I decided to walk to Ypres, as by so doing I could speak to the many Imperial men that were marching up to reinforce the line.

I refused many kind offers of lifts on lorries and waggons.

The British battalions were coming up and I was sorry for them.

The young fellows looked so tired and hungry.

They had been in France, I think, only twenty-four hours.