William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 124
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[Page 124]
Extract from "Peninsula Press" notes ta[ken] from "Westminster Gazette" – re clim[ate] of the Dardenelles –
After January 14th or a few days later [the] weather is almost invariably bad; th[ere] is always a snow-blizzard or two gener[ally] between Jan. 20 and 25 – These are real ba[d] blizzards which sometimes last from [indecipherable] to seven days; and after anything in the way of weather may happen for the ne[xt] six weeks or two months – The snow has [been] known to lie six weeks –
I suppose that it's up to us to ge[t] an extra-ordinary winter – to ma[ke] up for the two summers – I got a letter from Cecil – he s[eems] to like soldiering very much –
I expect that you are having splendid weather now –
What price the great number of deserters – those chaps who enlisted during the recruiting campaign –
We have had some reassuring ne[ws] from the West
After fifteen months tho' of war – the Flathead and his Allies seem still in strength and able to engage us all round – and to his advantage – They have held us on the West. They occupy Belguim – Warsaw [has] fallen and now they chase the Russia[ns] hammering them the whole way – Russian strategy when ever invasion is threatened is proverbial –