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I write this letter with a sword in one hand & a pistol in the other.

Gallipoli 10.8.15

My dear old Dad -
Just received yours of June 29 - short but none the less welcome. Glad the cable arrived safely. Anne seemed to imagine I must have been in Cairo to send it, but no such luck. Ive been here under fire night & day for 12 weeks now. But I made arrangements before I left to have cables sent from Cairo. Its terribly hard to get cables away so I made provision ahead. Did Aunty Lizzie get her Box? And did she like it?
I hope so. Also Liz.

Re Bean  & the atrocitie.  You will have by this got my explanatory letter. There is no doubt that the whole thing has been dreadfully exaggerated, but still I

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