Item 01: Alan Keats Gordon letters to Nellie Clark, 18 August 1914-30 August 1916 - Page 238
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France
10/4/16
Dear Nell,
We have left our little billet at Staples & gone closer to the firing line. Each of us has to carry two gas respirators. We had a demonstration the other day, & we all passed through a trench of gas. They use a shell called the weeping, shell. It affects the eyes, & makes the tears flow.
The weather is still very cold, but the billets we are in now are all fairly warm. There are about twenty in mine, & we have some fine big feeds of eggs. We go into the kitchen & the old lady, cooks eggs, by the dozens, & we eat them by the dozens. I have not had any mail since we left Egypt, but suppose it will turn up in the long run. I got a parcel three days ago, but do not understand where it came from. It had my full address on, & also had written on it Cake, from Miss Harper 22 Atholl Cres. Edin. When I opened it, there was a letter addressed to me, signed Cousin Annie, & her address was 4 Bruntsfield Terrace, Edin, Now, between the two I was absolutely bushed. I dont know Cousin