A Chateau

My darling Lola Thank you very much for your letter which I was awfully glad to get. I am writing to you in the drawing room of a beautiful chateau and the horses are all on the lawns in front the big 4-7 guns are making a great din all round. At times the Germans drop big shells on this house which is very annoying.

We have had a very hot time here lately the 7th division has been holding up a whole Germany Army Corps for about 5 days and has had a rough time. But now other troops and guns are coming up to help, so I hope it will be alright. Yesterday the regiment