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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

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