Letters from Albert Charles Cox to his mother, 1915-1916 - Part 13

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First World War, 1914–18
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OSEIAOI 154 Denrest If I have much more of this yen will heare of She discover of a grease spoti my Sent, appereathy the remains of tne lox. Iabbays could puspe Assly fieely & but never like this before as I was sn the impession that the head in thas pard of the world was b ht the indistore pound out dven dit downg a the present sime. I rint you a week endicabler yesteday pnfoing you that all was will Spe you get. pA Has wondeapul ha can tanh at times I can bean And at 7.30 & be sitting down so dinner in Aprica at soclock What to you think of that? o it has been hove more than sonce. Also haad sun from ou continut to the oller in few To stimest WontueulDien A2 is Amsinting my black steel hunk He boss a Shappins Agency, Lay London lor safe instody as i ially in the wayd As charges have been paid & I hold them you would pay any should feg ont on taking delivery. I Lont. Know whether there are
8 any relasions in the firm, but may find out this some day. Don't think I mean you to collect box yuill yet. 17/6/16 Glad so receive a cable from you last night- Cable will love. the A funny thing that we should both send one about same fime 2296 His alweek tosday since I started this hope, but B I can accout for that by our post office closing up & for the last few days I have been at sea. I left The Canal on Sunday night & spent about 9 hours in The frain Castlehuck), bnd slept remarkably well. You cannot magine what pleasure it is to get away from the sadd fordening the last fewwfecks thed it became awfully monosonous, probably de to eus knowing of He caming departure. 1 DRL220 We hefaving a great hip of the boat hs very comfortable much imsle so than the one o came from Aushalia in o there is plenty of good Hucker xprovided. S Bakilly whom I have Not seen since when in Liverppol is wbwaid. He casked very kindly after you. The weather is becoming cooler every day & Pespect we shall haves on winter clokes of very whorsly for France will be ahit cool after the heat Iwe had before embarking. Shall get this short note reat yonfor they pist mart & will inbrite again shortly
a megnificient chiff at the enhance. The weather now is quite cool pleasant + a most weicone change after Egypt. Hope you have not been worrying ofer the non appearance of a letter for a while, but I think you understand it is not possible to send one regularly although I write them every week or oftener. Expect to have a little more news for my next. Best love so all from Bent. 1 DRl 220 DOMINION LINE. S.S. 23416/6 Dearest just a couple more lines before I close the envelope. In mutake & put the name of the boad at the Sop, hence the blod appearing there now We expect so disembark to morrow + I must say the hip has been most enjoyable, with a little submarine excisement thrown in this moining. We ran indo a bay off the coast of Sardinia this afternoon for a little while in order to waid for an escord but of course did not get ashore. It boasted of a very fine looking sown called "Algheria or some similar name, + a large lighthouse on
France 266/16 11 oclock Dearest The notion of the fain makes writing almost impossible as you will observe, but I feel I must make an adsempt. We arrived in Marselles yesterday morning after a very, pleasant hup + without having a brush with a submarine. The harbour is quite large but not like one Parbour) with a good number of breakwaters & endless wharves. On marching down to the frain who should I meed but the purser from the boar on which I came from Aushalia over the fimes on byard Me camped A we had quite a decent yarny. on the station fill 30 m when the ham We are better on our three days yourn lef fraim an our persons
22 24 2 a piid lan san g 6 4 saving blll has been The daying the world inhoduced into this paid all clocks are put on an hour. We had brenkfast this morning of a very nice libble huffet along Hl with as line coffec excellent cup of I can't poast of hoving seen much I dont think any bor world country I have seen excels the South of Fhrance as regards being pichuesqne. Our hip to Aussell Falls (Amas 12 months was very prek but it cannot compene The small farms surrounded with this. hedges a rows of popler fiees are absoluse models, with vegeto ranging rolones fton fight green fo S
hamens m 3 no flock of each exceeding perhaps more than we travelling anacre. At present are Khone alongside the the lo he valle vegitable garders wit ine that i on bank on either farms vereyards with what looks the hill. the slopes to side I castle on like a very. rees.o So nothing of the innumerable his wonder the Frenchman is frond that the war is on The acd ounby hough, for doe ones slif memory the women the labour is done mr. Have seen quise a number men rakes a st. pers ner driving h were better able so express wish I eyes see but perhaps I what w 34 the romanti when a little more & shal id Ird is driver home. 2
thy It was amuning at breakfour the morning with all of us asking Arabic warkresss for catables It is very hard insterd of French to remember we are finished with the Syppies, you will be sorry to hear tha take we are absolutely favidden to I would phodos at all here any some have been possible beautiful phoses had my camera with me, but I think she upheep would amount to more than of a day I was able so take all wanted to. F220 Dr Burkitf ss in the nex we sha Companent, 9 I dare say
5 a few arns before the jourson have over 276 Still going shong and the scenery almost the same. Dr. Suckitt sold merlast night that he had never seen anything to srael Next Sime I. do Sh. it, even in England. but so far 7 fip I think it will be the rain journey ( home) has been amyhiong We prilled up at Valence but monesonens. where the lace comes from Lorabout probably about the & Lyon an hour yesterday H some Sea same time where we a Red Cross. There were a few ver nice little airks there bnd & pranburies beat all the largest I have ever seer fire conple of We went through a Eay n cearring te Sunnels af
At through us about thiee mrankes Had a dinver & good glars of bear ft aray be koniat for 1p. m. Ladni currens of he 4ffrancs 3 silver has been reduced in France which in the vulue of a a difference accounts now 82 instead of 10 frasd passed numbers of fields of poppres, on may imaging whida 1 ie los 1 Gorgo fo mentio at saw quite a number wemen working in the railway one in a signal sheds re. It is wonderful how they are turning to rained again last night & is abnost cool enough to warm underclothing this 1A bed different to egupt at this time morning
of tle year mot hnrng in to Sontargis where breakfast is to be taken 3969/14 ifle as e The jounney came hours hravelling & no part of It must be nons became monot one of the prestiest in the world withou We are now billested in farms a doubt. Somewhere in France out of range of any but a big ancraft duel seems to givers have taken place by the number of shots This way we have just seen over of liveing is certainly better than in Sents, in any case it is certainly novel. It is quite a pretty English looking little & pretty old. The village so I am sold Hoyse arm I am in was built in 1683, but sound. There is a decided change still in the weaker from Eogpt here, & we al

15/6/16
Dearest,
If I have much more of this you will hear of
the discovery of a grease spot in my tent, apparently
the remainder of one Cox. I always could perspire
pretty freely but never like this before. I

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