In ignorance of its destination, and quite unaware of the bitter struggle then going on at Ypres, the Battalion expected to entrain at Merville, and a great many packs were filled with eatables and comforts for a long train journey.
On the afternoon of the 14th October the Battalion marched to Marquion--till the 27th September in German hands--to entrain for a rest at Arras.
Every step we took the excitement became more intense, and by the time we reached the Don Station where we were to entrain for Valcartier, almost all semblance of order was gone from the ranks.
The frills are now all over and it is get ready to entrain and cross over to France.
After three weeks, the rest was abruptly terminated by orders to entrain for Amiens, and about the second week in March the Battalion marched off from St. Martin, and entrained at Arques.
It now appeared that we had to entrain at Boulogne at 8 a.
As the balance of the transport had to entrainat 7.
Orders were then received to entrainfor Ypres, and our arrival at that historic ruin was greeted by many cheers from the outgoing Australian units.
This generally meant that the time for the attack was drawing near, but in this case it did not materialize, for on the 14th of October we received orders to move on the next day to Ourton and to entrain for Godewaersvelde, in Belgium.
Down came the brief little order from Pretoria, "You will entrain for Cypher Ghat without delay.
The day after tomorrow, at six o'clock in the morning, we entrain for Paris.
After mess on the 30th I was summoned urgently to Brigade Headquarters and instructed verbally by the General over a glass of excellent port to entrain at Acq early on the 1st.
On the 6th I managed to entrain the remainder of my tanks at Fins by anticipating another battalion who were a little late.
Reserve, and should be ready to entrain at twenty-four hours' notice.
We had received orders to entrain within the week at Fins, a railhead about three miles south of Metz-en-Couture, and we had been preparing our tanks for the journey.
They'll entrain in echelons along the line according to the position of the quarters and the period of reliefs.
We now heard that "the Division" was convinced that we were going to make a dash for Ostend, and rumour seemed to crystallise into truth when orders came that we were to entrain that night at Pont St Maxence.
Delhi has five railway stations with which to cope with latter-day floods of paradoxical necessity; and nobody knew from which railway station troops might be expected to entrain or whither, although Delhi knew that there was war.
That very night, August 5, I marched through Vladivostok toentrain my detachment.
The next day I ordered 200 men to entrain from Spascoe to Kraevesk to act as a reserve.
After dinner we marched down to our entraining point, and were able to entrain more or less at leisure during the afternoon--our first experience of a French Troop train.
Orders were received for the Regiment to entrain for Machadodorp for the purpose of garrisoning the railway blockhouses.
It was ten o'clock at night as Reggy and I, crossing the tracks at the Gare Maritime in Boulogne, saw a battalion which had just disembarked from the cross-channel boat drawn up on the quay, ready to entrain for the front.
We were to entrainat midnight, and all day long we were busy packing.
Let them entrain with our boys, sir," suggested the kindly Anzac major.
Again rumour spoke truthfully, for at four o'clock the next afternoon the "Diggers" were ordered to entrain for Southampton.
