2479_1982-006_LTR_1915.10.23_008
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- [Upper right annotation:] 8
valley & they are the enemy & we lie in wait.
At such a time sometimes the scouts are called
out by our [illegible] & our captain usually calls
for we 3, and the order given - "go out & find out
whether there are any of the enemy hidden behind
that ridge in front". Often such jobs are [rotten?]
because you have no <del>cover</del> cover &
therefore would be seen at once if there were
any men in the hollow mentioned & often the
messages one has to bring back are more or less
obvious so its not a bit satisfactory. But
what is interesting is when you are sent out
over a piece of country where there's some bush
or hedges or are told to scout a wood ahead
to see if it is free from an ambushed enemy -
then you feel you have been doing something
useful. But <del>after</del> otherwise we hate it for
it is almost making of fool of you & the scouting
is the only thing we take a pride in, in this Training
work for it is the only job where you can use
a little initiative & intelligence.
It is really thro our scouting & thro our cool
check in walking out of barracks & coming
back a week later, & our's & Papa's original
sort of letters that we have come to be known
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