55

2

me back to lunch with his outfit, a supply park to an ammunition column which I found luxuriously camped on a lawn surrounding by shady elms with the ruins of a fine abbey church at the end.

They lived in canvas tents, they have electric light, baths, white tablecloths & napkins. They drink tea out of china cups & they are not restricted for baggage. I have seen nothing so luxurious in any mess.

After a meal they set out under the trees & listen to a band while looking at about the finest view in France. They are high up & catch all the breeze which has now become

BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.