After a "push" some of the lads of the Northumberland Fusiliers who
entered one of the captured villages set about making things comfortable
for themselves. Seeing a large wooden box some distance away, they made
tracks to commandeer it On the way back an officer met them and queried:
"Here, lads, where are you going with that?"
"This old egg-box, sir--we're taking it along to our dug-out, sir," one
of them explained.
"Egg-box be hanged!" retorted the officer.
"Why, that's the general's roll-top desk!"