Item 02: Arthur Henson Smith letters, 8 January 1917-19 August 1919 - Page 143
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[Page 143]
a "Zambuk" but after the happenings of the past 3 weeks my pride is a sacred thing. They've done marvellously in spite of obstacles which looked absolutely impossible and which appeared like sudden death to attempt to overcome. Though we had a severely rough time they overcame them and in so doing they gave our fiends such a surprise that it will take them a lot of pondering to fully realize. At he same time we inflicted such severe casualties on the Bosche that his morale is at an exceedingly low standard now - But you'll have already read all about it in the papers.
I saw Syd the other day and you may imagine slightly how excited I was to meet him. Singularly enough I was in action with the Battery when a message came to me from the wagon