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�                                8 AM Aug 16 1915
My Dear Mother,
                       In the front line once more, 
my chum is occupying the dug-out with me
not quite as good as the one we had before, 
stood to all night no sleep at all, lots of 
sniping and few heavy guns also few trench 
guns landing on our left and right, did 
not know what minute they might try the 
range on our trench, but they didn't or 
haven't yet at any rate, we got stand down 
which means leave so many men to 
watch and the remaining try and get 
a little rest and sleep until it comes their 
turn to watch, it comes just after 
daylight  which is about 4 AM. the 
nights are getting quite a little longer 
also, a little cooler. My chum and I 
have the same sentry post.  It is on 
three corners, we take turns of two 
hours all night, stopping everyone coming 
out or going in, finding out what their 
business is about, etc, if anyone cannot 
give satisfactory answers or explain, 
we send them to an officer, the 
Germans are very clever,  they will put on 
any of our uniforms so we have to 
be quite alert so they won't get by us.