Letter to sister Elsie & her fiance Jack March 1917.
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stuck altogether and had to be hauled out. Several waders were
lost altogether and I know of one man who came back from
a patrol with one foot absolutely bare - sock as well gone!
It has its funny side, but really it's no joke There are
pits and deep places under the mud and water and one has to be
very careful - especially at night. Where we are now the
Germans are very annoying with their machine guns and snipers
both by day and night but they haven't scared off us by those
means. We are lucky to have found out the places they
snipe. There are places of course where one can be seen in
passing and snipers watch these places for a head & then poop off.
You can find out the dangerous spots by hearing the the ushers of
a bullet whenever you go near it; after that you make
a mental note of the spot. The Germans have also a nasty
habit of sweeping the front line with machine guns at odd
times during the day and night. Last time we were up
we did not experience quite so much shelling as before at the
other place. I cannot of course tell you where that was, but
the Germans have had it clean out by all accounts. The news
today is good isn't it - Of course the papers we get contain news
a couple of days or so old. I am terribly out of touch
with the news of the world at large as I never could interest myself
in an old newspaper. I just read the war news. I only
see a paper about twice a week. FB is going to send
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stuck altogether and had to be hauled out. Several waders were
lost altogether and I know of one man who came back from
a patrol with one foot absolutely bare - sock as well gone!
It has its funny side, but really it's no joke There are
pits and deep places under the mud and water and one has to be
very careful - especially at night. Where we are now the
Germans are very annoying with their machine guns and snipers
both by day and night but they haven't scared off us by those
means. We are lucky to have found out the places they
snipe. There are places of course where one can be seen in
passing and snipers watch these places for a head & then
off.You can find out the dangerous spots by hearing the the ushers of
a bullet whenever you go near it; after that you make
a mental note of the spot. The Germans have also a nasty
habit of sweeping the front line with machine guns at odd
times during the day and night. Last time we were up
we did not experience quite so much shelling as before at the
other place. I cannot of course tell you where that was, but
the Germans have had it clean out by all accounts. The news
today is good isn't it - Of course the papers we get contain news
a couple of days or so old. I am terribly out of touch
with the news of the world at large as I never could interest myself
in an old newspaper. I just read the war news. I only
see a paper about twice a week. FB is going to send
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2
stuck altogether and had to be hauled out. Several waders were
lost altogether and I know of one man who came back from
a patrol with one foot absolutely bare - sock as well gone!
I has it's funny side, but really it's no joke There are
pits and deep places under the mud and water and one has to be
very careful - especially at night. Where we are now the
Germans are very annoying with their machine guns and snipers
both by day and night but they haven't scared off us by those
means. We are lucky to have found out the places they
snipe. There are places of course where one can be seen in
passing and snipers watch these places for a head & then
off.You can find out the dangerous spots by hearing the the ushers of
a bullet whenever you go near it; after that you make
a mental note of the spot. The Germans have also a nasty
habit of sweeping the front line with machine guns at odd
times during the day and night. Last time we were up
we did not experience quite so much shelling as before at the
other place. I cannot of course tell you where that was, but
the Germans have had it clean out by all accounts. The news
today is good isn't it - Of course the papers we get contain news
a couple of days or so old. I am terribly out of touch
with the news of the world at large as I never could interest myself
in an old newspaper. I just read the war news. I only
see a paper about twice a week. FB is going to send
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March 1, 1917
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