Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 139

• December 10, 2018 21:28:32 Thomas A. Lingner

  this. That does appear as if 

  Hindenberg was telling the Kaiser

  the truth when he said our

  offensive had come to a standstill.

  I think the Boche has a lot to

  learn about the British Army yet

  we may be bad starters but it

  takes a lot to stop us once we

  are on the move. I got one bite

  from a moskeeto (that doesn't look right)

  the other day & I have one of my

  usual bumps on the arm. I have

  been wearing nothing above the

  waist for a few days except a

  shirt with the sleeves rolled up

  & the front well opened so you

  can guess I am "browning some"

  When I get in the line I shall love

  to wear my tan tunic again. Not

  that I want to but just to keep

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