You will say never mid those small points What of the war. Well all goes well; very well & by the time you get this; by comparing dates you will know why we are so optomistic at least I hope & belive that very big things will have been done, but even if nothing of a very extordinary nature has happened you may rest assuared that it is only a matter of time our boys are much better fighters, our guns more numerous, larger & better served & in the air Fritz is just no where, our air men are just devils of the air to Fritz. They do nearly as they like, think nothing of diving down & firing on Fritz in his trench & on the roads behind his lines. The Empire is sound & well served. this army is a marvel in its wide spread activities it may break in spots at times but to me it is a