of the burying of the two officers' servants, rushed to the spot, and,
regardless of the shells which were falling all round, started to dig
them out, scraping the earth away with his hands, until joined by
Sergeants Gore and Baxter, who came up with shovels. The other, whose
work cannot be passed over, was our M.O., Captain Barton. Always calm
and collected, yet always first on the spot if any were wounded, he
seemed to be in his element during a bombardment, and this day was no
exception. He was everywhere, tying up wounds, helping the Stretcher
Bearers, encouraging everyone he met, and many a soldier owed his life
to the ever-present "Doc."

On the 2nd September we were relieved by the Lincolnshires again, and
once more became Brigade reserve for six days--six of the most
unpleasant days we spent in the Salient. First the Railway dug-outs, to
which Battalion Headquarters and half the Battalion should have gone,
had been so badly shelled while the Lincolnshires were there that only
one company was allowed to go, while the remainder were sent to bivouac
at Kruisstraat. The fine weather came to an end the same day, and it
rained hard all the time, which would have been bad enough in bivouacs,
and was worse for us who had to spend most of our day on some
working-party, either dug-outs, or trying to drain some hopelessly
water-logged communication trench, such as the one from Manor Farm to
Square Wood. Altogether we had a poor time, and were quite glad on the
8th to return to trenches, where we were joined two days later by
Lieut.-Col. C.H. Jones, who had returned from England and took over
command. He had had the greatest difficulty in returning to France, and
it was only when he had applied to the War Office for command of a
Brigade in Gallipoli that the authorities at last took notice of him and
sent him back to us. On his arrival Major Toller resumed his duties of
2nd in command; Major Bland was at the time in England sick.