Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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establishment, organization &c which stand in the way.
I had lunch with General Burstall a day or two ago & after the meal he kept me for a long gossip over old times. It so happens that I am billeted near Div Hqrs just now & in fact I must run over there in a few minutes. The Boche is bursting some H.E shrapnel high over head just now but I think it is a bad shot for one of our balloons. The American officers are funny looking chaps but they look as if they had brains. I expect that they will adjust themselves quickly and cleverly to the conditions of the war as they appreciate what they really are.
Be sensible my dear chap & be patient. God knows we want lots of patience over here. I confess to a shortage when I hear of Willie L. getting home.
Your loving brother Arthur
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 4 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1918.