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From: Sgt. E.S. Kirby
52nd Battery
25th Brigade
A.F.A.
France
25th Septr. 1916
Dear Mrs. Jack
I was awfully glad to get a letter from Jack a few weeks back & to hear your news. I hope by the time this reaches you the season is going better than when he wrote. Well here we are in the land of Champagne, Mademoiselle but & shot & shell, as to the Champagne it is very dear at 6 Fr. per bottle being just made, very sweet & results in a very bad head in the morning; that delicate word "Mademoiselle" is realised in a strapping farm Lassie boots size 15, skirts up to the knees, sleeves rolled up a good half way & hair done up in a bun at the back; as to the shot & shell this I cannot comment on as this has to pass through the Censor's hands. You may