Item 04: Edmund Gregan Brewer letters and postcards, 1916-1917 - Page 12

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you can and possible you will get a faint idea of the terrific row and noise

It is a wonderful experience to go through one of these bombardments, but a fellow gets so used to them that I can now sleep through the whole box of tricks and never hear a sound. Things get some hot at times.

I have heard our fellows betting on shells that will dud (that is not go off). In the middle of a show I heard a fellow making a book betting on the duds "6 to 4 she a dud who'll take me, 8 to 2 she'll dud anyone take the odds.' It is funny at times. There are