Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 72

• December 7, 2018 22:32:41 Thomas A. Lingner

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  The hedges here are not

  fully in leaf but one can

  almost see the leaves growing

  so quickly is the sun bringing

  them out. Tell Nia we are 

  doing our best but there is 

  such a lot to do and it is

  impossible to get on without

  doing all the work thoroughly.

       Yes you must keep smiling
  

  Lassie. I try to do so. I am

  up again now and am

  all by my lonesome. Bird has

  gone on a course and my

  one remaining officer I have

  in a post about a quarter

  of an hour's walk away. There

  is a kind of lull in this

  post of the line + so it

  appears to be fairly peaceful

  for a few days. Of course

  there are a few more dangers

  than there are at home but

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  as the Boche has not yet

  exhausted all his shells that

  is only to be expected. We had

  one coldish day and the

  weather has not got quite so

  warm again - still it is very

  nice. It will be lovely to

  get home to you again for

  a talk, a love + a romp

  with Kenneth + well heaps

  of other things besides. I have

  got a new kind of home now

  My bed consists of a more or less

  flat piece of ground raised

  about a foot from the floor of

  a quarry. At least it is hardly

  a quarry, more like a bite

  out of the side of a chalk bank

  There is a roof made of corrugated

  iron + tarpaulin (mixed) - a side

  of the same mixture + a door

  composed of a blanket. I have

  a stove also which I can burn

• December 7, 2018 22:31:34 Thomas A. Lingner

  left page

  The hedges here are not

  fully in leaf but one can

  almost see the leaves growing

  so quickly is the sun bringing

  them out. Tell Nia we are 

  doing our best but there is 

  such a lot to do and it is

  impossible to get on without

  doing all the work thoroughly.

       Yes you must keep smiling
  

  Lassie. I try to do so. I am

  up again now and am

  all by my lonesome. Bird has

  gone on a course and my

  one remaining officer I have

  in a post about a quarter

  of an hour's walk away. There

  is a kind of lull in this

  post of the line + so it

  appears to be fairly peaceful

  for a few days. Of course

  there are a few more dangers

  than there are at home but

  right page

  as the Boche has not yet

  exhausted all his shells that

  is only to be expected. We had

  one coldish day and the

  weather has not got quite so

  warm again - still it is very

  nice. It will be lovely to

  get home to you again for

  a talk, a love + a romp

  with Kenneth + well heaps

  of other things besides. I have

  got a new kind of home now

  My bed consists of a more or less

  flat piece of ground raised

  about a foot from the floor of

  a quarry. At least it is hardly

  a quarry, more like a bite

  out of the side of a chalk bank

  There is a roof made of corrugated

  iron + tarpaulin (mixed) - a side

  of the same mixture + a door

  composed of a blanket. I have

  a stone also which I can 

  
  

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• December 7, 2018 21:54:03 Annick Rodriguez

  The hedges here are not

  fully on leaf but one can

  almost see the leaves growing

  so quickly is the sun bringing

  them out. Tell ...  we are 

  doing our best but there is 

  such a lot to do and it is

  impossible to get on without

  doing all the work thoroughly

       Yes you must keep smiling
  

  Lassie. I try to do so. I am

  up again now and am

  all by my lonesome. Bird has

  gone on a course and my

  one remaining officer I have

  in a post about a quarter

  of an hour walk away. There

  is a kind of lull in this

  post of the line + so it

  appears to be fairly peaceful

  for a few days. Of course

  there are a few more dangers

  than there are at home but

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  as the Boche has not yet

  exhausted all his shells that

  is only to be expected. We had

  one coldish day and the

  weather has not got quite so

  warm again- still it is very

  nice. It will be lovely to

  get home to you again for

  a talk a love + a romp

  with Kenneth + well heaps

  of other things besides. I have

  got a new kind of home now

  My bed consists of a more or less

  flat piece of ground raised

  about a foot from the floor of

  a quarry. At least it is hardly

  a quarry, more like a bite

  out of the side of a chalk bank

  There is a roof made of corrugated

  iron + tarpaulin (mixed) - a side

  of the same mixture + a door

  composed of a blanket. I have

  a stone also which I can ...

  
  

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• December 7, 2018 21:50:13 Annick Rodriguez

  The hedges here are not

  fully on leaf but one can

  almost see the leaves growing

  so quickly is the sun bringing

  them out. Tell ...  we are 

  doing our best but there is 

  such a lot to do and it is

  impossible to get on without

  doing all the work thoroughly

       Yes you must keep smiling
  

  Lassie. I try to do so. I am

  up again now and am

  all by my lonesome. Bird has

  gone on a course and my

  one remaining officer I have

  in a post about a quarter

  of an hour walk away. There

  is a kind of lull in this

  post of the line + so it

  appears to be fairly peaceful

  for a few days. Of course

  there are a few more dangers

  than there are at home but

  [next page]

  as the Boche has not yet

  exhausted all his shells that

  is only to be expected. We had

  one coldish day and the

  weather has not got quite so

  
  

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• December 7, 2018 21:49:06 Annick Rodriguez

  The hedges here are not

  fully on leaf but one can

  almost see the leaves growing

  so quickly is the sun bringing

  them out. Tell ...  we are 

  doing our best but there is 

  such a lot to do and it is

  impossible to get on without

  doing all the work thoroughly

       Yes you must keep smiling
  

  Lassie. I try to do so. I am

  up again now and am

  all by my lonesome. Bird has

  gone on a course and my

  one remaining officer I have

  in a post about a quarter

  of an hour walk away. There

  is a kind of lull in this

  post of the line + so it

  appears to be fairly peaceful

  for a few days. Of course

  there are a few more dangers

  than there are at home but

  
  

  
  

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