Excerpt from Leaving Rouen for the Somme, Le 22me Janvier, 1917: Diary of 2nd Lt. A. E. Coles, 1st Som; L. I., 1917I distribute 5 threepenny bits to Father, Mother, Katharine, Ruth and Fritz, and keep one myself. Donald Croker produces a Half Franc which Father splits in twain, and Donald keeps one piece while I have the other.In the morning I had said good-bye to Midas and to Aunt Emily, etc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.