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to get the hell out of here faster.
Today we managed to eat properly for
the first time. The officer in charge of
our group, a swarthy major who shouted
at us all the way here, is sitting a good
distance away in the middle of the field.
We make the most of this and wolf down
our dry rations.
Back on the train the only food the
major had given us was a small tin of
stewed meat for each day of the journey,
and our stomachs were now pinched
with hunger. When we halted briefly on
spur lines to allow other trains through
there wasn’t enough time to distribute
the bread and we were hungry all the
time.
So as not to swell up from the pangs