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30.8.18

France

My dear Mother Father & Sister

I have sent away a Fritz waterproof sheet, a general issue to his troops they are nice & light & our chaps always get hold of them, got this one the first day of the battle (Aug 8th) & slept under it that night, the fake in the leather pocket is a Fritz machine gun part, I picked up the gun on the night of May 6th, we had advanced under a heavy barrage & the gun & gunners lay on the site selected for a post, the gunners were dead, my company claimed the gun so I didn't feel inclined to give every bit of it up & knowing they didn't know much about the gun I took out the lock - the lock is the heart of a machine gun.

School breaks up today

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