the line going on to the French, there was always a bit of [illegible] there all the time. I am afraid poor Parker is dead, it was just opposite my trench where all the [illegible] was, we lost 24 officer in 23 days at the job, it is a duty not of way of fighting & it goes on day & night all

BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 3 / GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver / Correspondence inward, 1915.