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been sent to the brigade congratulating it on the fine work it has done resulting in checking the enemy. The fighting has been all open here & the infantry say it is the finest shooting they have had. They are admirable men. We see them as they come through the Aid Post & get their yarns first hand. One cannot doubt that they are the finest fighting men up against Fritz. Fritz knows it if you can read his movements & that is their reputation over here. The deeds of our brigade rung far & wide & new divisions arriving here lately tell us how we are held up as an example for their emulation as they come into the lines. Have just heard of the advance up north through the old towns & villages we know so well.

Have a couple of letters from you up to 27/1/18. From what I can make out you have received all except two parcels from Paris.The missing ones are a bag for you - kind of satin bulb shaped, satchel & a wooden box full of all kinds of genuine

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