Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters
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| − | keen to see what sort of reception the civilians will give us, I expect they will be pretty cold, from all accounts, according to the French & Belgian | + | keen to see what sort of reception the civilians will give us, I expect they will be pretty cold, from all accounts, according to the French & Belgian civilians they hate Canadians the most! It has certainly been a great experience our victorious march through Belgium, all the towns that we have passed through, all the welcome, towns beflagged etc. Vive L'Angleterre , Vive La Canadiens! The route that we have travelled you can follow out on the map as I am allowed to mention names of places. We came by way of Valenciennes, Temappes, Hensies, Soignes, Nivelles, Gemblout, Andenne. This will interest Father perhaps, he is a good hand at locating places on the map. I was sorry we did not |
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OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919. | OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919. | ||
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keen to see what sort of reception the civilians will give us, I expect they will be pretty cold, from all accounts, according to the French & Belgian civilians they hate Canadians the most! It has certainly been a great experience our victorious march through Belgium, all the towns that we have passed through, all the welcome, towns beflagged etc. Vive L'Angleterre , Vive La Canadiens! The route that we have travelled you can follow out on the map as I am allowed to mention names of places. We came by way of Valenciennes, Temappes, Hensies, Soignes, Nivelles, Gemblout, Andenne. This will interest Father perhaps, he is a good hand at locating places on the map. I was sorry we did not
BC Archives MS-2685 Box 17 File 3
OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919.