Two Brothers Serving in France, item 39

• March 4, 2018 12:39:11 Stella Watkin

  4

  are scarce. I saw one guidwife tugging

  at the horses head while the man

  guided the plough in the rear. They

  work "till the last beam fadeth"-

  till they can see to plough no more.

      Except for the Chinks, the villages

  have but few inhabitants meantime,

  but they are getting back gradually.

      St. Quentin is a larger town than

  Cambrai. It was in the shelling zone

  during nearly the whole of the war, &

  nearly every house in the place has had

  a share of the battering. I send you some

  pictures showing the place before the war,

  and after.

     I am also sending you some of the

  mapshots I took recently. They are not

  very great pictures, but they may interest

  you. One, showing Lucienne and her kitten,

  is for Maisie. I hope you will preserve

  all the photos, along with the ones I sent

  from Irvine & the Forth. They will make

• March 4, 2018 12:39:00 Stella Watkin

  4

  are scarce. I saw one guidwife tugging

  at the horses head while the man

  guided the plough in the rear. They

  work "till the last beam fadeth"-

  till they can see to plough no more.

      Except for the Chinks, the villages

  have but few inhabitants meantime,

  but they are getting back gradually.

      St. Quentin is a larger town than

  Cambrai. It was in the shelling zone

  during nearly the whole of the war, &

  nearly every house in the place has had

  a share of the battering. I send you some

  pictures showing the place before the war,

  and after.

     I am also sending you some of the

  mapshots I took recently. They are not

  very great pictures, but they may interest

  you. One, showing Lucienne and and her kitten,

  is for Maisie. I hope you will preserve

  all the photos, along with the ones I sent

  from Irvine & the Forth. They will make

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 12:38:04 Stella Watkin

  4

  are scarce. I saw one guidwife tugging

  at the horses head while the man

  guided the plough in the rear. They

  work "till the last beam fadeth"-

  till they can see to plough no more.

      Except for the Chinks, the villages

  have but few inhabitants meantime,

  but they are getting back gradually.

      St. Quentin is a larger town than

  Cambrai. It was in the shelling zone

  during nearly the whole of the war, &

  nearly every house in the place has had

  a share of the battering. I send you some

  pictures showing the place before the war,

  and after.

     I am also sending you some of the mapshots I took recently. They are not very great pictures, but they may interest you. One, showing Lucienne and and her kitten, is for Maisie. I hope you will preserve all the photos, along with the ones I sent from Irvine the Forth. They will make

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 12:37:39 Stella Watkin

  4

  are scarce. I saw one guidwife tugging

  at the horses head while the man

  guided the plough in the rear. They

  work "till the last beam fadeth"-

  till they can see to plough no more.

      Except for the Chinks, the villages

  have but few inhabitants meantime,

  but they are getting back gradually.

      St. Quentin is a larger town than

  Cambrai. It was in the shelling zone

  during nearly the whole of the war, &

  nearly every house in the place has had

  a share of the battering. I send you some pictures showing the place before the war, and after. I am also sending you some of the mapshots I took recently. They are not very great pictures, but they may interest you. One, showing Lucienne and and her kitten, is for Maisie. I hope you will preserve all the photos, along with the ones I sent from Irvine the Forth. They will make

  
  

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• January 23, 2018 22:16:02 Raluca Man

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  are scarce. I saw one guidwife tugging at the horses head while the man guided the plough in the rear. They work ``till the last beam fadeth``- till they can see to plough no more. Except for the Chinks, the villages have but few inhabitants meantime, but they are getting back gradually. St. Quentin is a larger town than Cambrai. It was in the shelling zone during nearly the whole in the place has had a share of the battering. I send you some pictures showing the place before the war, and after. I am also sending you some of the mapshots I took recently. They are not very great pictures, but they may interest you. One, showing Lucienne and and her kitten, is for Maisie. I hope you will preserve all the photos, along with the ones I sent from Irvine the Forth. They will make

  
  

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