Letter home from the Western Front

• October 17, 2018 13:51:46 Sarika Jain

  Jan 26th                                                                                                                                                                              18th R.F

  B.E.F.

  France

  My dear Mother

  We are just out again and with any

  luck shall not go in again for about

  a month. We have done just a month

  in + out of the trenches, this last time

  we were in for 9 days - 4 days in 

  support + 5 days in the firing line.

  I wish I could tell you where it was

  but I shall only get the letter torn up

  by Old Man Censor! Anyway it was a 

  very well known place and a very

  hot corner + I am glad to say I got

  through this time without having any

  more casualties in the platoon. It was

  really a most astounding thing as the

  company we relieved had lost a good many.

  In on place the Huns were only about 80 yds

  away and they were also holding a small

  crater in front of their line the front

  edge of which was only about 35 or 40 yds

  distant from us. We were fairly safe from

  shells as the lines were so close together 

• January 23, 2018 14:26:22 Georgia Anderton

  Jan 26th                                                                                                                                                                              18th R.F

  B.E.F.

  France

  My dear Mother

  We are just out again and with any

  luck shall not go in again for about

  a month. We have done just a month

  in + out of the trenches, this last time

  we were in for 9 days - 4 days in 

  support + 5 days in the firing line.

  I wish I could tell you where it was

  but I shall only get the letter torn up

  by Old Man Censor! Anyway it was a 

  very well known place and a very

  hot corner + I am glad to say I got

  through this time without having any

  more casualties in the platoon. It was

  really a most astounding thing as the

  company we relieved had lost a good many.

  In on place the Huns were only about 80 yds

  away and they were also holding a small

  crater in front of their line thefront

  edge of which was only about 35 or 40 yds

  distant from us. We were fairly safe from

  shells as the lines were so close together 

  
  

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