Card games

9^th to 11^th February

“The order then came that we were to find shelter. I found a large room above a tobacconist's shop in which the section installed themselves. Although this was intended to be merely a place to shelter from the rain, we lived there for three days. During this period, we became quite friendly with the woman who lived there, and she asked her friends to come in for a game of cards with us.

Orders were then received to the effect that we were required on the Goch sector. The road which ran from Gennep diagonally through the Reichswald to Cleve was now open, and that was the route which we were to take.”

Narrative: the next diary entry will be on 12th February