France 30^th October 16

Saturday

My dear Harry,

Thanks for your letter of the 24^th received yesterday.  I am glad to hear you received the two letters from me therefore making up for the week you received none.

I am still with the Column and expect to be here for another week, next line and a half censored

I was very glad to hear Mother was with you and hope you all enjoyed her visit.  I hope you were able to go to Great Malvern as I think it is a glorious place and should like to visit it again myself.

I have endeavoured to find out if Alan has been or is near us but without success, although I imagine he must be very close.  I am glad that in his first big battle he has come through without harm.  I have seen the things you ask about.

I am sorry I gave the Censor trouble in one of my letters a little while ago and will try and avoid it in future, although a precisely similar remark was once before passed in a letter to you.

I get the Daily Mail fairly regularly the day after it is published and every day we seem to get some good news from one front or another.  Beach Thomas’ articles interest me very much.  In every one of his articles the artillery fire grows more intense than ever before and each time reaches a climax.  He reminds me very mush of Grandmother and her Christmas puddings which each year were better than ever before.

Have no more news so close with fondest love to Ethel.

Yours,

Bernard.

No envelope with this letter.