CHAPTER FOUR

HORNSEA WITHOUT THE SEA: COLD AND MUDDY BUT MORE DEADLY

After disembarking around midday the battalion spent quite some time waiting on the docks, bivouacking under the dock sheds. German soldiers were employed in the area and Private Tait saw them at work:

‘They all appear ugly square-faced chaps, but possess splendid physique’. They were guarded by French troops who made an impression on the the men:

‘the French soldiers impressed us wearing blu and trousers’.