LAUGHING AND JOKING
WHILE SHELLS FLY OVERHEAD,
The spirit of the x British soldiery, the same spirit whicbi makes .the alien say the English are matt, and' which makes ;he English unable to.. conceive defeat, s shown by the following extract from i letter to his home" from a hussar at ;he front: — , ...; ".<". "Many thanks for letter. lam going Jong all right; still alive and kicking. Hy regiment is doing very well. It is rery kind of you all asking if I require iny comforts. I will be very pleased o receive anything. in : the .way. of gloves, mufflers, etc., but I do not vant you to spend what little bit of sopkey-money you earn on'me. "No doubt London is very depressing, )Ut really 'you have no idea what if is ike hore._ Men and women are homeess, their bouses having Been blown ip. "We are getting plonty to eat, and ivcrybody is happy. ■ You would bo urprised if you were here to see how he fellows carry on, singing, laughing, nd joking, at the same time shells flyIE over our heads."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2346, 31 December 1914, Page 7
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182LAUGHING AND JOKING Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2346, 31 December 1914, Page 7
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