I am sure you have received various postcards and letters from me before. I am currently writing this while I hide from the Germans in our dug out. I am fine. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you about the ongoing events because letters are going to be censored, as they are very strict. Germans are constantly shelling us, sometimes during the day, and sometimes during the night. It is unbelievable how many of our soldiers have been diagnosed with shell shock. They dearly hold onto their possessions while hiding, and waiting for the bombardment to end. The shells demolish the upper layer of concrete, and how dug up no man’s land is. (source 1) One of the worst things of being a soldier in the trenches, are the rats and lice. The rats were
