Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 34
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good so that in all we are doing very well putting on condition & getting in good nick & would quite enjoy it if we were only near home. Our leave has not come off yet, I don't think it will for a couple of weeks as next week we are shifting to another camp about 20 miles away to a place called – where the winter is felt less severely. All the Australians are shifting & the Americans I believe are taking our places. The weather has been beautiful here lately plenty of warm sunny days but today we have had a change & it is cold & windy. I hope it does not last although I expect in another month the cold will begin to set in properly. On Sunday afternoon we went for a walk with Arthur over to the old villages where the village blacksmith under the chestnut tree & the old church where the "Village Blacksmith" went, all stands today as it stood then, the whole village is quaint & old