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Updated: May 7, 2025
While I was there a woman spy whom I had known in Abalaine was brought to the village and shot. The frequency with which the duck walk at Abalaine had been shelled, especially when ration parties or troops were going over it, had attracted a good deal of attention. There was a single house not far from the end of that duck walk west of Abalaine, occupied by a woman and two or three children.
Blofeld told me this was what was left of the village of Abalaine, which had been demolished some time before when the French held the sector. At this point guides came out and met us to conduct us to the trenches. The order went down the line to fall in, single file, keeping touch, no smoking and no talking, and I supposed we were about to enter a communication trench. But no.
We were two days in the Grouse Spots and were then relieved, going back to the Quarries and taking the place of Number 9 in support. While lying there, I drew a patrol that was interesting because it was different. The Souchez River flowed down from Abalaine and Souchez villages and through our lines to those of the Germans, and on to Lens.
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