50 Billets Essars-Lez-Bethune

JUNE, 1915    [18th, Sun rises 3h. 44m
SUNDAY 13 [164-201]  2nd after Trinity

Short route march - Write to Mitchell -- Incessant artillery fire - later machine guns all night

MONDAY 14 [165-200]

Officer tells Sergt Maj to dock me days pay for not wearing respirator - mistakes me for Corp Wing Get mad - Tell Forbes the G-II-Lieut owes me an apology - nearly "court martial & sudden death" for me Paid 10 francs -- Paymaster -- Columbia man tells me I should be laying out the mines See Emery -- Mace now No2 Co 7th Battalion -- Hear that Blackie went crazy in the trenches Talk with group of peasants "Bons soldats, les Canadiens"