THE "THIRTEENTH" AT TRENTHAM

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 7

THE "THIRTEENTH" AT TRENTHAM

: -. t -v..-• NIGHT OPERATIONS ABANDONED A WET BIVOUAC ; ' The Thirteenth Infantry Reinforce, ments, which went into bivouac at Haw tolis oh J Thursday, night, resumed'their inarch to Upper ilutt yesterday morning, reaching .Maidstone. Park shortly,' before I noou. - The '. I .rain < . steadily, throughout the ' munch,'-arid it was'de. "' cided that .after . having lunch, . "whichi was prepared by cooks sent out from Trentham, Uiq troops would march on to; that cam]*, and-that ths-'usual, -nicht': operations at Mangaroa would be abandoned;- -~C ■M half-past- due 'the " Trentham Camp Bund arrived'at the-Park, having marched. from the main camp.' It was greeted . ; with cheers and other cries of wclcome, ' Knortly afterwards the march- was re-,-' S smmed, to-the stirring music of the band, '• lind* the men ' inarched' Svith zest . from , : l-here to. Trentham, : where they. ..were "• quickly disposed, in their new quarter's.; Most'of the men were wet through, and j many were foot-sore. Dry blankets were ] 'served _out to. .them, and they had hot i bath's, hot refreshments,being served.after, s gelxTn<f into' dry'clothcs. • V ■ t A Rounh. Ninhi. 1

" A Rough Night. j ■ Without a doult the Thirteenth spenfc j a rough uig'nc in bivouac. The rain , and J wind increased as darkness came on, and ] very-soon, ■ except in.;th'e most places, tlie bivouacs were very wet. , But jj thore..was bo complaining, though .all ?', hands' were glad to learn that they, would i ,s]eep in Trentham that night. The dry. *, Thg-room fn ihe camp was in full'work- ■' fng order when -the troops arrived,., .and i the - of ;blankets.';;a'nd clothes, wiia begun as soon, as the men had discarded ! them. , By evening all'were settled, dowii, and comfortable after their strenuous time.: >. ■. - '