Letter to Muriel from Stanley in France, 3 Aug. 1916

• March 6, 2017 22:34:46 Cheryl Ellsworth

  Draft Ref No. 816

  5138.

  4th Black Watch,

  18th I.B.D.,

  A.P.O. 17 Sec.,

  BE.F.

  France

  Thursday. 3.8.16

  
  

  My dear Lassie,

  Once again! Each man

  is only allowed to write 1 letter per

  day now. As you see, we are still

  here at the base, although we nearly

  went up the line yesterday to the

  6th batn, in fact 5 including

  Small, Lenarx, Smith were taken.

  Nim seems to be getting well advanced

  - from her jokes - but it was funny

  As a result of yesterday's upset,

  we have changed camps, but are

  still at same address for

  correspondence. "Ye olde Citie"

  seems to be having a rough

Description