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<p>a4701784.html</p><p>2./ long to get out of this rotten un-natural life!</p><p>The last time I was between sheets was Jany '17 @ Southall Convalescent Depôt, but I am hoping & trusting that my leave to England will soon come, (or better still, Victory, & that everlasting peace) so that I can break the awful monotony.</p><p>We are still pottering about just a few hundred yards to rear of "No Man's Land" & amongst the many batteries which are on all sides of us, making an awful din & keeping us awake day & night. We'll be in this "4ward Area" for some weeks yet, so the change to more "healthy" & congenial surroundings will be long looked for & be most welcome.</p><p>I will try & find Bert again when we go out for the "Rest" (God Willing) as his Camp is a fixed one & the one we expect to go to is not far away - about 3 Kilometres I think (1¾ miles - nearly). Am hoping that all is still well with [?] & "Bill" Easton. They were both, @ time of my last visit, (while I was @ the musketry School) working in shift in the Region we are now in. From this little rise I can see (faintly) the Ridge on which he was working, & where we were in action during Nov. last. I am @ present in a little post with the Lewis gun & glasses watching for any sign of Hun aircraft which may pluck up enough courage to cross his Line.</p><p>During our 4 or 5 days on this duty not one of his 'planes has come over here, but ours are buzzing & whirring about overhead in</p>