Dearest Emmie

Thanks for the book of papers received yesterday. The Batt is out for a few days so we are fairly busy and I havn’t had much time for writing. The other day a shell struck the church here and made a bit of a mess. A fatigue party was put on the job of cleaning up which was soon finished. In the meantime I had a tune on a small organ which was there. There was not much damage done, the greatest was the hole in the roof which was not very big. I don’t know if I will be able to get my photo taken this week but I will try. The French are still going strong with their advance; of course you get the news before us so I can’t tell you much. It is surprising how many people stick in their homes within range of actual warfare. Well I will close before I take a walk for my drop of stew (“Gip”) so au revoir

With Best Love

From Yours Ever

Will xxx