Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 32

• December 6, 2018 19:20:24 Thomas A. Lingner

                      14/3/17
  

  My Own Darling Wife,

                The war goes on + the shells
  

  keep wizzing over our heads

  bearing messages of love + peace

  to the Boche. We continue in our

  dug outs in support passing the

  day in resting + such amusements

  as making returns + reports. The

  need grows no less and our

  working parties find the same task

  for them each night. The trench

  which they made so clean the night

  before they find filled up again +

  so the work goes on. One realises

  how much one eats when it has

  to be carried a mile or two across

  muddy country. The food is

  good + only the water vile but

  even that we do not notice as

  we use most of it in the

  form of tea. We drink tea with

  every meal + large quantities of

• December 3, 2018 20:14:09 Annick Rodriguez

                      14/3/17
  

  My Own Darling Wife,

                The war goes on + the shells
  

  keep wizzing over our heads

  leaving messages of love + peace

  to the Boche. We continue in our

  dug outs in support passing the

  day in resting + such ...

  as making returns + reports. The

  ... grows no less and our

  working parties find the same last

  for them made so clean the night

  before they find filled up again +

  so the work goes on One realises

  how much one eats when it has

  to be carried a miler or two across

  muddy country The food is

  good + only the water vile but

  even that we do not notice as

  we use most of it in the

  form often We drink tea with

  every meal + large quantities of

  
  

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• December 3, 2018 20:11:08 Annick Rodriguez

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  My Own Darling Wife,

                The war goes on + the shells
  

  keep wizzing over our heads

  leaving messages of love + peace

  to the Boche. We continue in our

  dug outs in support passing the

  day in resting + such ...

  as making returns + reports. The

  
  

  
  

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