{"id":10409,"date":"2015-01-06T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=10409"},"modified":"2015-01-06T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:00:45","slug":"canadians-finally-begin-to-move-into-uk-billets-in-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/canadians-finally-begin-to-move-into-uk-billets-in-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians finally begin to move into UK billets in 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, January 6, 1915<\/em><\/p>\n

In Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury Plains<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cNo parades.\u00a0 All men on fatigues.\u201d\u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"06<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0\u201cLondon, Jan 6. \u00a0Several thousand members of the Canadian contingent, after enduring many weeks on Salisbury Plain of some of the roughest and wettest weather remembered at this time of year, have now gone into billets in the towns and villages around the plain.\u00a0 The brigade allotted to Devizes arrived yesterday afternoon and both men and horses bear witness to the extraordinary muddy conditions in the neighborhood of the hut camps, but there has been no grumbling.\u00a0 The Canadians have borne themselves all through with cheerfulness.<\/p>\n

Devizes is now the headquarters of the divisional artillery brigade, and the town accommodates some 900 men and 750 horses; while the other brigades with ammunition columns and horse artillery, some 3,000 to 4,000 men and their horses are distributed over all the villages and hamlets on a line extending several miles.\u00a0 This has caused great pressure, not only on the house and cottage accommodation, but also on the farm buildings; but there has been loyal cooperation between the military and civil elements, the Canadians having won many friends since their arrival.<\/p>\n

One of the buildings requisitioned is the famous agricultural school at West Lavington, where 300 men and a dozen officers are billeted.<\/p>\n

Several cavalry regiments which have been encamped on the Devizes side of the plain have moved into billets in the Wylye valley on the south.\u00a0 There are interesting statements as to their departure shortly for France, but these may not be published yet.<\/p>\n

The river at Salisbury rose to such a height early yesterday that the cathedral was flooded.\u00a0 Late on Monday night, though the water had risen to the west entrance of the cathedral, the building itself was free of water, but at four o\u2019clock yesterday morning the floors of the nave, cloisters and chapter house were awash.\u00a0 The water rose steadily until several inches of water in the body of the cathedral were recorded.\u00a0 Torrents of water rushed through the ground floors of the houses on the south side of the cathedral close.<\/p>\n

In the district of Amesbury a member of the Canadian contingent becoming separated from his comrades on Monday night, fell into the river near Counter\u2019s Bridge and was swept away. His body has not yet been recovered.\u201d [3]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, Jan 6, 1915.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089686.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTroopers In The Thousands Are Vacating Huts,\u201d The Gazette<\/em>, Montreal, Quebec, Wednesday, January 6, 1915, pg. 7, col. 1.<\/pre>\n
[3]\u00a0\u00a0 Ibid<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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