Starshine (2012)
“As a rail terminal it was the main supply point for men, supplies and ammunition to ‘the Salient’ as the Ypres battlefield was being called, but, now, in late 1914, it was also becoming essential as a convenient place of rest and recreation for troops down from the miseries of front line duty. The town was just in reach of the heaviest of the long-range German batteries on the ridges overlooking the Ypres basin, but, so far, it had escaped heavy bombardment.Jim and Bertie tucked their letters i...nto their jackets and marched to the rows of tents that marked their camp on the outskirts of ‘Pop’.‘I’m not openin’ mine till I’ve had me bath,’ said Bertie. Neither of them had bathed properly since they had entered the line and the grime of trench warfare had imprinted itself on their faces and bodies. Worse were the vermin that infested their clothing.‘Good idea,’ agreed Jim. ‘Sort of “be clean for her”, eh?’ Bertie nodded. ‘I’d like first, though, to get rid of these little fellers.’ He offered up his shirt where lice could be seen happily at home in the seams of the fabric.MoreLess
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