France
1.6.17

Dear Mother

Since I last wrote we have done another turn of front line & are now again in the supports & one Tuesday the horses are coming up for us.

I am now in charge of a Hotchkiss gun with a crew of three men.

Last week thirty desperadoes from the regiment, including myself, made a raid on the Boche line & captured 18 of the enemy besides killing quite a number & we got back to our own lines without a man getting a scratch.

The General shook us each by the hand & saw that since the beginning of the war he had never seen a better piece of work.

The Boche were taken completely by surprise & the majority threw up their hands at once & the remainder didn't get a second chance but got what was coming to them right there.

The prisoners wee all either old men or boys thee wasn't a decent sized man amongst them. But hey were all well clothed & equipped. Said they had been getting plenty to eat.

[?] parcel and Audrey's arrived together on the day that we went ‘in'. So I was well fixed up in the grubline.

The weather is grand we are certainly making up for the bad winter & late spring.

How is the garden coming along. I expect it is pretty dry for the seedlings.

Will write again soon. Much love to all.

Cuthbert

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