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April 16/1916
Dear Beat & Family
Just a few lines to say i am in the best of health hoping you are all the same i am just having a bit of a rest we do not get any sleep in the nights here get a bit in the day time i am writing this note in my little dug out plenty of shots whistling over the top it is all right laying hear listning to them and they are boming our Airaplanes they fire hundreds of shots at then but never seem to hit them Just before i came in there were three of our mates talking about 5 yds from where i was firing and the Germans fired a bomb killing two of them and wounding the other severly i have seen some fine buildings burnt to the ground with the bombs bursting there is one town at the back of us i am not allowed to mention names but there is not one house that has not been hit they are smashed to bits. Beat will you buy me a pair of mits and send over it is terrible cold there is times i can hardly fire my fingers are like if they are useless it has been raining so the trenches are in a fine state i got wet through the other evening on post and caught a rotten cold it was a sleet storm it used to hang to your clothes like ice i never saw any of it in my life before. Beat there is no more news we are holding a little more than our own with them do not forget the mits i have not had a letter from you yet hoping that i get one next mail.