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We were also becoming short of officers, having lost eight and only received one reinforcement Lieut. R.J.H.F. Watherstone, who came to us from England. We spent two days resting and cleaning ourselves, and trying to recover from the effects of the battle, before starting on any more serious work.
Watherstone earned the Divisional Commander's praise for a bold reconnaissance from the Bois Razé. The transport had as bad a time as anyone, bringing rations on the light railway through Loos, which was never a pleasant spot. Once again a mule succeeded in falling into a trench, and it took R.S.M. Lovett and a party of men more than an hour to extricate it.
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