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The sketch of a dugout which I sent Halb was done at Scottishwood a famous place in the famous salient.  The tree indicated behind the dugout (or really bomb proof) was cut off by a shell so cleanly that the top fell straight down.  Four officers were killed I believe in this dugout + whole neighbourhood is terribly battle scarred.  The fighting seems to have passed backwards + forwards over this ground since the early days of the war + it is still warmly shelled.
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By the way address me as of my present Battn [illegible] Canadians BEF c/o Army P.O. London + tell everyone else ok - the Land + Water + Punch find me at irregular intervals but are eagerly read when they arrive .
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The sketch of a dugout which I sent Nell was done at Scottishwood a famous place in the famous salient.
  
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If you get L+W for 18 Aug you will see an article + might in the Salient wh. accurately describes part of our life in the front line - that phase is past.  Much love to Mother, Susy + Leffie.  Kind remembrances to Fowkes, Pomeroy, Miss Gore + the others.
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The tree indicated behind the dugout (or really bomb proof) was cut off by a shell so cleanly that the top fell straight down.  Four officers were killed I believe in this dugout & whole neighbourhood is terribly battle scarred.  The fighting seems to have passed backwards & forwards over this ground since the early days of the war & it is still warmly shelled.
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By the way address me as of my present Battn [illegible] Canadians BEF c/o Army P.O. London & tell everyone else so - the Land & Water +&Punch find me at irregular intervals but are eagerly read when they arrive .
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If you get L&W for 18 Aug you will see an article A Night in the Salient wh. accurately describes part of our life in the front line - that phase is past.  Much love to Mother, Susy + Zeffie.  Kind remembrances to Fowkes, Pomeroy, Miss Gore & the others.
  
 
Your loving brother
 
Your loving brother
  
 
Arthur
 
Arthur
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BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1916.

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some times & never in the trenches.

The sketch of a dugout which I sent Nell was done at Scottishwood a famous place in the famous salient.

The tree indicated behind the dugout (or really bomb proof) was cut off by a shell so cleanly that the top fell straight down. Four officers were killed I believe in this dugout & whole neighbourhood is terribly battle scarred. The fighting seems to have passed backwards & forwards over this ground since the early days of the war & it is still warmly shelled.

By the way address me as of my present Battn [illegible] Canadians BEF c/o Army P.O. London & tell everyone else so - the Land & Water +&Punch find me at irregular intervals but are eagerly read when they arrive .

If you get L&W for 18 Aug you will see an article A Night in the Salient wh. accurately describes part of our life in the front line - that phase is past. Much love to Mother, Susy + Zeffie. Kind remembrances to Fowkes, Pomeroy, Miss Gore & the others.

Your loving brother

Arthur

BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1916.