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142556.

B. E. F. France

10. Jan. 1917.

My own darling Minnie. I hope you won't have to wait long before you get a letter from me, but have been so busy lately that I have not had any time to myself. I received your letter dated Dec 20 and two packets of papers which were I can assure you very acceptable, as we had run out of reading matter.

I'm glad you are able to go skating, and darling I know you will keep the promise you made me, and I never worry about you breaking them, all I wish and pray for is that you are kept happy and well. How I often long for and want you, to be with me again, so that we can have a long talk together and not worry about when we will see each other again. Often on my walks to and from the trenches, or where ever I go mostly at nights, I often think hard of you at home, and wish you could see the firing line from a distance, with the star shells going up, and the flashes from the guns, the noise of bursting shells, it's a sight darling that anyone that sees it will never forget. We have had rather a rough week of it, and several times had a heavy bombardment from the Germans. but he soon quietens down when our guns fire back, and they just leveled his front line yesterday afternoon, when every gun in this district fired rounds each. I'm afraid darling you will think this a most uninteresting letter, but there is nothing to write about, and I'm really too sick to write any more, the awful rain and mud has given me a bad cold and cough, and makes one feel rather down in the dumps, but I hope to be better in a few days. So sweetest one I know you will excuse this short letter this time. So good bye darling one, God bless and keep you safely, till the day when I get home, trusting this reaches you safely, with heaps of love and kisses. from your soldier lover.

XXXXXXXXX Dudley. XXXXXXXXX

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