21 - We're all in France now...Of course, it's no hotel conditions

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    France – March 10th, 1917 – (Letter #21) “We are all in France now…of course, it is not hotel conditions”
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    Dear Brother; Jack and B, your most welcome letter received in Egypt some few weeks ago and was pleased to hear you are all in the pink as this leaves me at present.
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    I would have written sooner only it was not possible as we were on the move.
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    We are all in France now, Jack, with the big push where the iron founders are always flying over your head, and sometimes too low to suit the Tommies.
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    There is more lead and iron flying around here in five minutes than there is in Boston.
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    It is quite cold here. We feel it awful after coming out of a hot country.
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    When we landed here, there was snow on the ground, [still] I would rather be here than in Egypt.
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    You can get your breath here.
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    I had enough of Egypt and sand.
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    You asked me if there were any Canadians with me. There are two from Nova Scotia.
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    One used to work on an ice team in Forest Hills.
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    We are billeted in barns or any place we can get shelter. Of course, it is not hotel conditions,
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    but we can stand it.
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    The mud is awful here, right up to your ass.
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    The next billet to me are two kiddies.
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    Their mother and father were killed when the huns went through here, but they will never go through again.
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    I am with the Battalion now, so my address will be 1/7 Lancashire Fusiliers. C Coy. B.E.F., care of G.P.O. London.
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    Well, I will have to come to a close for this time.
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    Write soon. I may be on toe or maybe not, as this is a bad show.
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    Remember me to Sam and Flo and kiddies. I will write to them when I get a chance.
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    [Tell Herb Hatch that I have a few Turks here for keepsake, and I'll have a few germans now]
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    [So] Goodbye, with lots of love and best wishes from your brother Lee.
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    P.S. Heard from home and Eldon is home, glad to hear it.
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    He got clear of this hell. Never mind, I will have my Christmas dinner with you next Christmas.
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