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| − | at this time of year trench boots to the knee are not necessary & in bad weather high gum boots are generally issued. I have however been fitted for a pair of high boots in England so that I can send for them if necessary. We all [?] the future with [ | + | at this time of year trench boots to the knee are not necessary & in bad weather high gum boots are generally issued. I have however been fitted for a pair of high boots in England so that I can send for them if necessary. We all [regard?] the future with [equanimity?] if not cheerfulness though it has been carefully impressed on us that undue humanity toward the enemy is as much a mistake as undue zeal. |
10 Aug 1916. We are in Rouen today. I hope that that is not a military secret which I ought not to disclose. | 10 Aug 1916. We are in Rouen today. I hope that that is not a military secret which I ought not to disclose. | ||
While enjoying something to eat this morning at Lady Isabelle Egerton's canteen here a clergyman offered to show us round the sights. Later on, after we had had a sorely needed bath & shave, we met him again & found that he was Canon Jocelyn Perkins who was doing YMCA | While enjoying something to eat this morning at Lady Isabelle Egerton's canteen here a clergyman offered to show us round the sights. Later on, after we had had a sorely needed bath & shave, we met him again & found that he was Canon Jocelyn Perkins who was doing YMCA | ||
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at this time of year trench boots to the knee are not necessary & in bad weather high gum boots are generally issued. I have however been fitted for a pair of high boots in England so that I can send for them if necessary. We all [regard?] the future with [equanimity?] if not cheerfulness though it has been carefully impressed on us that undue humanity toward the enemy is as much a mistake as undue zeal.
10 Aug 1916. We are in Rouen today. I hope that that is not a military secret which I ought not to disclose.
While enjoying something to eat this morning at Lady Isabelle Egerton's canteen here a clergyman offered to show us round the sights. Later on, after we had had a sorely needed bath & shave, we met him again & found that he was Canon Jocelyn Perkins who was doing YMCA
