William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 302
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It is a cunningly worked bomb trap, very simple, but particularly deadly. I made a demonstration with it before our officers, with the result that I had to make out a report and diagrams of same to send to Brigade.
A big School of Instruction, Army Corps School, is to begin in a few days at St. Omer Two N.C.Os from this Brigade were selected to attend: object to make officers of them – One was selected from the 23rd and I have the job of teaching him a little Field Engineering and Topography, before he goes. Schools are being held now, in which no trench work at all is being taught – Fd Eng. Topography – Tactics etc – I am glad to think that the work I love is coming in again.
No wonder that you love England, as you do, Dad, if 'tis, as I believe, much prettier than France. France is simply lovely now – beautiful – gorgeous fields, with pretty white-thorn hedges round them. Of course there are few towns within miles that are not a great deal knocked about , but 'tis the fields that count.