Our Headquarters were in the administration building of the Mining Company, in a square, and I had a billet in a street near by.

There was a good theatre in the place, which our 1st Divisional Concert party took over, and where I had services on Sunday.

In and around the town were several of the battalions; the rest of the division were in the villages near by.

Bruay had not been shelled, and the mines were being worked as in pre-war days.

It was a comfort to have the men out of the line once again, and the roads round about were very pleasant, the country being hilly and unspoilt.