Series 01 Part 02: Hughes family correspondence, 3 April 1917-22 September 1918 - Page 198
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[Page 198]
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is going to France again – I am not a fire-eater. But I have realised & do realise more clearly every day that I've got to go out again fairly soon. Everything indicates the great likelihood of my being sent out very soon, but it may hang fire for a while. Now supposing it does hang fire for a few months & then they suddenly rush me out in the beginning of the summer, things will not be at all safe just when the greatest efforts are being made by both sides to gain the supremacy for the years offensive.
For this reason I am seriously thinking of applying to go out if I am not sent by the end of this month. If I start in December I will with reasonable luck be back in England before the fighting becomes really very severe. It may seem a strange proceeding, but don't you think that it would be the wisest course? Anyway I am just waiting for the present and will not do anything till the end of the month, by which time there may be more definite news.
Everything is very unsettled here at present. My most admirable C.O. Segrave is being moved away to command another squadron at Beaulieu. We are all very sad at loseing him and he hates having to go. He is going