Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1915

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. .Writ.ing t<:> hiB si~ler,
Dairy, Watlibg~on
'Pr;val.e W. Lovell,l, who
.the 2nd Highland Light :, 1n~antry
front, says, under date 9f : .the
"We have been qack ~'n the
I asain, ,~nd only ju~t re~ul'1le~ !or &
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.of days' rest. It IS et:ll l~alDlDB, and. we
\ have been up to our waist,8 .in wat.er. - The
I trenchoo are awful, and to make m·aUers.
I ."orse, the telephone ,,·ou~d not rk " and
+ 1 had to ,keep
.. backw ..rds and' for~
",aros me'nding
Jiew
. three n'lIMa in .
The
.here· I lam has
much .
~arded, 'f"pecially ,
. Evell
.t,Qmbolones and

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. fJie~'8hel"'. It
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1M " them,' 1'he
(the u"\"1JJ"JJflI;-Ja",'p~(.3JISl
· . ohurches
by gun and rifle shot, wi,t h I, TomInv"s
Cltmtmas b<:>x for i the . Ge~e.ns. ,
. trenches &fa very c1C<!e to ' theus and
lJ~u~I, " they were I ple.y:ng . ipBtruiq';n.tB,
, e:ngIDg, !etc. A Worcester fellow' I re!:~ved teJIo m.e the.t ' pne'. Germi\n w.l.. sing!~ an ~nghBh love Bong, and shouted out
appy New Yea"., Y9U ' English p ' ~'
'Yher eupon , the Worcester replied Y<lth
st.rong language lind ' let .off five rounds
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.IM~RE~SlON OF

GER~A.l tSINGI~G.
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III n 1eHer to Ilje mother, who ' Tcaid€6 a:b
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d...tle Stioot, Reading,
Private G. Whit.ney of " A" Company, 2nd
· Bllttnlion · Royal Ber:kehire Regiment, who
is. ~e[vin~ at tile frrllt, ",~ya' : .. w'c··h..vi> been
;;0, 'C IJ"t,l'l Square,

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oUt ey...
in
d .in1.0 tne.
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the'to
\Wathar
turned
ut
I be trel\91j"".
very oold
Christm.... I
digging, and it .: .
troat to I·isten Ito !\he Ger1j!lana singing
Christm... Eve l and Christm ... Day. I
say tl,ey. l'ave gOOd v6.ioee. I I n.m gl~d to
I hne bilen in very good health, : a.ltillouah '
my feet nllve
slightly frost-bitten.
tr ....t.nh~"~~r;~':lt~"~~
are II,!] i~ the beet.of
but it is II. slow
game this wacr. I hol¥' it
.not l...t much
\<lnger. I WIl.8 ,,:'!ry p~ with the paroel
..~t from .the lad.ie<! .• {>f St. Mary'. ·.parish·
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& I I am wrinnl!·.t.o 1fFk them when I oom~
0 ,t of ~ bropoMe 'again. We have got
. ~me fine · gO&t. eki~
and they keep' us
~oo and warm At night.' • , .- I;
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WHA.T SHE 'WAS 'fOLD.,
hi;'" Grota. MiJ60m, ' of R":..m,,gr gives in
the 'magazine .of Trinity Congregational
Ch~rch. R~g, a.h m~~ de.cription
of . her experie~oee ill IGerma.ri;i during· the
w ..,!. She, ~JJ. : -'- .' .' I I
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":Xt :w~. q':&; ~ ~~ experi<mce ~· iivo

Ioqr.,~oilt.b8 ill 'I &~ff'fhiOh '?or... at. ·
~M' WIl~ one'8 own ,ooUntZr. t u~\ it w
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westing, ..nd I woUldi ~ . vel in~ , it'
for mucih.. .
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"I "88 living in " . lIJDalll. plaoe -on' r jbo
Riveor Main, at. th",- time ,whe~ war began,'
and ape.!lit a.n ~ ~beforeha.n<!
wondering ~xa.o~y· w~ "o~~ hapPen· 'Of
oouree~bi>ard . only tl>e German " pOint of
view . . . ..had, no ~bel of '~ing l'!' ;Eng-'
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aper, or ,ta'fing over the ·,eitu,.t4on
...\ . wrth f!ellow-oou~ I .'1.'bl: . '001"" . that
I . Englo.nd 'wou1L~
I waa 'IIOOn' destroyed, and it w.y. ·a. .
. " whell I
first hea.rd '. tha.t,. abe
w,ere .
going to fight · el..oli <
. . lonely
fooling to be
~t ' th..t
time, only the
were ~ . • 0"
lMg<Hllindcd.
and
Oball, fool.J

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