Alma Russell Letters
Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.
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We seen the Inf. going over the fields here every day. just seemed to be wandering along. but it was all marked out in tape. each Batt. had its own little part to do it looked like a lot of foolishness. but I was talking to some of the boys that came back and they say they would never of believed it would of done as much good. they knew just what to expect and where to expect it and just where to go to find what they wanted. oh it was a great day for the Canadians. believe me the boys over here will never forget Easter Monday. When we were down below I told you about seeing a big straffe pulled of. I thought it was the grandest sight I would ever see. but say I have seen and since that pushes that affair clean of the map. Reed took an other Corp. turn up the line. So I asked Ried hows chances to go up with you for I was crazy to see it. So he says
BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 4 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873 - 1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters from Bomdardier Albert Greer, 1917.