Darling,--I am now lying in a forest with my leg shot off, and don’t
know when the ambulance will turn up. It’s awful. I hope I shall see
you again. Love to baby and all: _Jack_.
Invaded!
People at home can’t realize what it means to have their country
invaded. Inoffensive people are sitting in their homes, when, without
the slightest warning, away comes death and destruction in the shape
of artillery shells from an enemy that doesn’t know the meaning of the
first letter of fairplay: _Pte. E. Bush, The Buffs_.
Better Dead!
A live shell burst and hit one poor fellow in the lower part of the
body. I asked him if I could do anything for him, and he said, “Yes;
have you got a rifle?” “Yes,” I said. “Well,” he said, “for God’s sake
shoot me out of my misery.” I told him I could not do that, so I gave
him water: _Pte. F. Bruce, Suffolk Regiment_.