William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 498
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perfectly happy otherwise. Its strange but nevertheless true. You see just as I was hit I landed a beautiful grenade – a don. I'm proud to say that I was nearer to the Boche than any man I could see. Machine Gun bullets almost combed my hair and at least twenty bombs fell around me before I stopped one. The chaps were splendid; it was only that I was much more lightly equiped and was fairly fast on my pins that I got ahead.
Well about my home here! Montreux is just simply topping. I intend to transfer from this hotel to quieter and less expensive place. This certainly is a lovely hotel, but extra's are a bit over the odds. Too many friends. The place I wish to go to is a "Pension" a nice place, but quiet. Capt. Hall a Mercantile Marine Officer, whom I'm sure I have mentioned – a man 56