July 24, 1917 pg2

Somewhere in France 24/7/17

Miss Nettie McNaughton,

Dear friend, -

Received your letter all O.K. and
am always glad to hear from you.
It is very hot to-day, the hottest
day I have experienced in France
yet, but as luck would have it
we are getting a sort of holiday
to-day, so are alright. It gets quite
cool at night here, always. We have
a good cool dug-out. Oliver and
I are together now. We sleep together in
a little dug-out big enough for four.
One of the other fellows with us comes
from Greenway, not far from Parkhill.

Well Oliver has seen some
long distance fighting by the
artillery and aeroplanes, but
we haven't been in action yet since
he came over. Ofcourse the
battalion has, but we haven't got