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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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BC Archives MS-1901

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who wanted one tap or ten taps or three stand pipes or some damned new bath house supplied - then after a show we have some good work too -

Just now reports from the North are very cheerfull - all kinds of rumors are floating round about the end of the war - My own humble opinion is that about one more year will finish it. There is no doubt that the Bosch is having a pretty slim time of it though - We have killed a great number in the last show here - he came back fourteen times and each time we caught him in good shape - he is holding some of his points with difficulty - in parts of his line his men go in for five days - They pack in grub and rations when

BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 16 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873 - 1964. Victoria; librarian. / Selected letter from Lieutenant Ormond Montgomery Stitt, 1917.

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