Trotter, Bernard Freeman, Letter, 10 January 1917

Letter, Bernard Freeman Trotter dated January 10, 1917.
Description: 
Letter from Bernard Trotter to his family

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Case Study: 
McMaster University’s Own Soldier Poet: Bernard Trotter
Creator: 
Trotter, Bernard Freeman
Source: 
letter
Date: 
10 January 1917
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Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
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Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00001417-2
Language: 
eng
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image
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jpg
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shells to waste. We had rather an amusing experience getting here. I was out with a fatigue party on Monday, got back at 4.00 & found the order waiting for me, and my kit already gone. So I had tea, and about 6.00 started out with my servant Bayley, who had been here before & thought he knew the way. My bump of locality told me that we were going wrong; and I suggested that our movements seemed rather circular, but he thought he was all right. We asked directions; but in this land of twists & turnings, and in the dark and rain we found them rather difficult to follow. We should have been here in 45 minutes. At the end of two hours we found ourselves in a village about 10 minutes walk from the place we started from. Here, however,