Another building was occupied by our officers, and a theatre was at my disposal for Church Services and entertainments.

The town was also the Headquarters of a British Division, so we had plenty of men to look after.

I got an upper room in a house owned by an old lady.

The front room downstairs was my office, and I had a man as a clerk.

Round my bedroom window grew a grape vine, and at night when the moon was shining, I could sit on my window-sill, listen to the sound of shells, watch the flare lights behind Armentieres and eat the grapes which hung down in large clusters.