The French people are very kind. They gave us everything before leaving
any one place. They told us to drink as much beer and wine as we wanted
and then to turn on the taps so that the Germans could not get any
when they came. I think the French women are braver than the men. They
brought us fruit into the firing line regardless of the shells and
bullets that were flying about: _Pte. T. Lacey, Lancashire Fusiliers_.