Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 151

• December 11, 2018 15:27:36 Thomas A. Lingner

  17/5/17
  

  My Own Darling Wife

    I hope there has not been a 
  

  very long break between letters but

  we have had rather a busy time these

  last few days. We are now back from

  the line for rest + training. We left

  the line at 2 am + I managed to get 

  rather a long sleep that day from

  8 am to 3 pm. Our new village is

  in a much better state of repair

  and many of the houses are still

  standing. We have a very good house,

  a mess room + a bed room for

  each of the three of us. We all 

  have spring mattresses & there are a 

  certain number of chairs, tables &c.

  so we have nothing to grumble at

  in fact we have "struck oil" this 

  time. Unfortunately my men are not

  so well off but I hope to get 

  better quarters for some of them tomorrow

  we had a longish march & soon after we

• December 10, 2018 16:14:34 Jessica McCane

                                             17/5/17
  

  My Own Darling Wife

                      I hope there has not been a 
  

  very long break between letters but

  we have had rather a busy time these

  last few days. We are not back from

  the line for rest + training. We left

  the line at 2 am + I managed to get 

  rather a long sleep that day from

  8am ... . Our new village is

  in a much better state of  fair ... 

  and many of the houses are still

  standing.  We have a very good house,

  a rest room + a bed room for

  each of the three of us. We all 

  have ... mattresses. there are a 

  certain much of chairs, tables to 

  so we have nothing to grumble at

  in fact we have "struck out" this 

  time. Unfortunately my men are not

  so well off but I hope to get 

  better quarters for some of them tomorrow

  we had a tough march too after we

  
  

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