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Haversacks, packs, and trench tools need not be worn, these will be left in the shelters.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

Haversacks of provisions hung from their broad leather bands; revolvers balanced dagger-bay’nets from their belts; as much ammunition as they could carry was in their pockets, and necessary odds and ends were bestowed in satchels.

From Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills by Groome, William H. C.

Haversacks were opened and placed at our disposal.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon

Why, at the Haversacks, last Easter, there were half a dozen of us, and we drilled like machines.

From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by Anstey, F.

Haversacks were searched for what remained of the bully-beef and biscuits, which were very hard to get down without water, and of that we had none.

From With Our Army in Palestine by Bluett, Antony