We took turns on outpost duty--twenty-four hours on and twenty-four
off. We slept in the open with equipment and rifle, and had to stand to
arms an hour before dawn, about two o’clock. The reconnoitring patrols
got a feed at nearly every farm or house they passed. We didn’t see a
sign of Germans all the time, although the Uhlans were only a few miles
away. We had a decent time, and the people are the best I have met.
They think no one is as good as an Englishman, especially an English
soldier: _A Private of the Royal Marine Light Infantry_.