LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
AN•■'OFFICER'S LETTER . , *M I l ' \ London, October 14. An officer, who was in. the Aisne trenches, ■■writes:—"Wβ have been hero for ten. dajsVv W r e live like rabbits, digging ourselves deeper arid deeper, till we are completely sheltored, coming out now and then when things are quiet..; :, Wo cook and oat, uiit don't wash'or change our clothes. Wo sleep at odd times. , : It is tan odd existence; little holes dug, with a parapet just big enough to sit' on, • are our homes, „and'..we:, have straw —perhaps sacks—for,,warmth on cold nights. Tho coid is intense.' The,coldest moments are when there is a night alarm. Then wo spring "from, sleep; and stand shivering behind the , 'parapet, peeping to see our enemies, firing -by tho flashes of their v "rifles."—(''Times" and . Sydney '•'Sun" Services.). '.' ■:'..'" . ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2282, 16 October 1914, Page 6
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136LIFE IN THE TRENCHES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2282, 16 October 1914, Page 6
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