It was always pleasant to live in the neighbourhood of a town, and the moment the men came out of the trenches they wanted to clean up and go into Bailleul.

After a residence in the muddy and shaky little shacks in and behind the front lines, to enter a real house and sit on a real chair with a table in front of you was a great luxury.
There were several well-equipped hospitals in Bailleul.

One large British one had a nice chapel set aside for our use.

In it one day we had a Confirmation service which was very impressive, a number of candidates being present.
While Headquarters were at Nieppe the British attack upon Loos was to take place, and it was arranged that the Canadians, in order to keep the Germans busy in the North, were to make an attack.

I happened to be visiting "the Piggeries" in the afternoon previous.