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Wednesday, 21st. February '17.
My Dear Parents/.
At length I begin, or rather recommence, my daily notes of events.
To-day was very mild and misty. Everywhere the ice is thawing and the snow melting on the ground. Outside the place is a slop of mud and to make matter worse it is drizzling rain. It is a great relief to be over the worst of the winter but I am afraid we will have more cold weather yet as I am told by some of the inhabitants that March is a month of cold winds.
The thaw has its disadvantages more especially to the infantry. The trenches in some places have fallen in and work on them which has been held up for months owing to the hardness

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