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shell shock etc – Three fellows that used to carry with me have gone off with shell shock "Penfold, Weeks & Hand". In my wildest dreams, I never thought war meant anything 'like this' – our feet are always wet, our clothes are all over mud & we are getting very poor rations – it is almost unbearable we have to sleep anywhere & on the whole line there's not a decent dug out that would stop a shell, we certainly would all strike to a man on any other mission, tucker or no tucker – wet or dry – cold etc, the only thing that keeps us going is our poor cobbers, who are so helpless when wounded – What a different tune the ignoramuses sing now of Stretcher Bearers. I haven't had a decent sleep for a week. Had many narrow escapes today – many H.E. burst within 50 yds of me – have been hit with scraps of shrapnel & covered with mud. Saw two of our Aeroplanes brought down after an exciting air dud with a Taub – one poor fellow just dropped plane & all within our lines - & within 10 seconds he was just a charred mass, as he touched the ground there was just one violent explosion & flames finished this sad sight. Two Taubs brought down later. The weather is all against us or the Boys would be in