2479_1982-006_LTR_1915.10.23_010
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- [Upper right annotation:] 10
But to get back to those field manoeuvres - for
I want to give you a glimpse of a bit of Army life
as there is nothing much else to write about <del>& to</del> <sup>I must</sup>
fill up a few pages otherwise Papa will thank
me again for more correspondance which he never
got! In these battles we have it is very hard to
know who would really win but in the fighting
positions <del>I</del> we held over the valley I spoke about
a little while back we naturally had the best of it
as we dominated a <sup>very high</sup> ridge & they had to come up
& attack us. We have blank ammunition to give
the right effect & the fight usually ends in a
bayonet charge. After this we got a much
needed breakfast & then an other tedious &
tiring day & a rear guard action is perhaps fought.
And if we are lucky we form the "Reserves" &
therefore do not have to put our night in fighting
And even if there is no fighting at night at all
one unfortunate battalion has to do the Outpost
work <del>up</del> which is a sort of screening fan of
groups of sentries & armed groups who have
to keep armed & on the alert all night in case
of suprise attacks; & there are the "patrolling
groups & reconnoitring parties & so on.
On a wet night when you are shivering <del>&</del> it
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