Item 02: James Arthur Barrett Fry letters received, 1915-1924 - Page 149
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many times but always finding my wretched head unequal to writing an adequate answer.
Your letter reached me just after coming out of the "line" & a day or two before the big Fritz offensive started on 21st March &, since which date my unit has had a very busy & uncertain time, marching many kilos with packs & blankets up in the line many times, & when we are out "resting" we often go up to help dig places for advanced dressing stations, dug outs for stretcher-bearers' posts etc. Since several of the villages where we were billeted have been shelled & bombed we have
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been billeted in woods & sleep in shallow dugouts with very light coverings & as enemy planes come over soon after dusk we can't burn lights & I spend many dreadful sleepless hours before dropping off to sleep; what with work by day & enemy planes at night we get very little time to write.
Now dear friend as you will be wondering what has happened to me all this time I'll try & give an idea of my movements. I arrived in England on 3rd October '17 and went to the A.A.M.E. depot at Parkhouse & cabled to my Dear little Mother at once, writing several letters & sending some little packets, including one of holly of which she was very