Item 01: G. O. Hawkins articles and notes ca. 1916-1919 - Page 4
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rather had been such
We used one of the large ground floor rooms for a kitchen and the half wrecked first floor rooms to sleep in
The back portion of the building had been blown to glory and all the passageways to our bed rooms were littered with wreckage.
Some large rooms upstairs were just a mass of broken roof and books.
These books, – I did want to have time to rummage amongst them for there were many rare old works to be found.
Strange old books in French with quaint illustrations.
The whole place was such a wreck and the rats which ran over us at night were so hungry and large
All this while there is the noise of our guns, and every now and then shells whizzing into town from the enemy smashing up to more complete ruin the ruin already made.
Good night Love to all
Still waiting for furlough
Am well Mother & children
More when not so tired