604 SWABEY DIARY. 
camp equipage! has turned out better than was supposed, and certainly 
saved thousands. The army having advanced 20 days without halting 
begins to experience the want of bread in a serious degree ; corn we 
have not seen for 4 days. 
1 It was the first year tents, 8 per company, were supplied to shelter the infantry in their 
bivouacs.—(F.A.W.) 
(To be continued). 
