Poor Nieppe has shared the fate of Neuve Eglise and Bailleul and is now a ruin.

Everyone was exceedingly kind, and I soon found that the added liberty which came to me from having a definite position really increased my chances of getting amongst the men.

By leaving my clerk to do the work of Senior Chaplain, I could go off and be lost at the front for a day and a night without ever being missed.

I knew that each brigade must now have an equal share of my interest and I was very careful never to show any preference.

A chaplain had at all times to be very careful to avoid anything that savoured of favouritism.