Item 02: Arthur Henson Smith letters, 8 January 1917-19 August 1919 - Page 373
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non est because the canteen system has been rather disorganized but these are matters of little consequence under the circumstances. At present I'm commanding the outfit again for a few weeks and believe me Mater I'm taking every advantage of any position to wreak all the vengeance in my power on the Hun.
I am hoping for a couple of weeks leave to Eng. in about a month and considering that barring the few days down at the Veterinary Hospital lately & a few days at Shoeburyness in March - both interrupted by the war bristling up - I've been in the Line ever since my last leave last December, except of course for a couple of days occasionally when we've been shifting our Battery positions. So naturally I'm rather keen on this prospective sojourn in Blighty,
Will you please thank the Pater for two 'Bulletins' just to hand, greatly appreciated. Two "Lifes" also came for Syd but as he was on leave I took the liberty