Letters from Harold Edward Elliott to his family January 1916 - June 1916 - Part 13

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have a going fellow nawed Mothon
You way remember his brother, Hagt comin
to se me at Drumond theet. The with
Aodrer is wilhme & io doing very excellenc
work too basling old lady anvery lonely
fore you teel in you bree about I miltion

go dear. There is no news ulmave      
will leave here dearest he think it will be
woss. I told you I think that our
awes it were inspected & the 15 Bougack
cted
was the best or the Diviser, I was
Very pleased about it as i
was her
Vhand tgit cleasing waterion      
for the weril is beltn
a few
trth
minutes io I will ra
fevee
more dear od rnohine
Ir
eagul lorking forward & moe may
Wot te
Wist alont Reopino
alose. I thot at their all try day

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Egype
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l
arer
I am afraid I ve kn reglect
for 0
days bute have veal very
2
moy as I la
ben given a lot more me
t
wo whole pattation
a

tillen
wirglaer anded over to me
sonad a
sorirce
adout 2000 men tobe bo
ther
it is only temperary & as
Cout
i
pernt
all their peor

code
away bult o thei onr o
till

he
o just my orn Brigade his

it is at
experence yo night Command
thre
ay get some day perhaps.
I heard So
neese Wc las ws werton
egadie seneral tother
nas
£
day. He as a
Lardwan to satisfy
aad Derd a
O4
Kno.
H past
biit have got my o
people
nead as good far th ted
Brygade putt
My Bryade cant is just
tuned t to
a prature for neatners & cicanunch.
had a loto stropng before I got it
to met me iith thiell it haw withou
telling. General MC
was bound
t
day & also
he & Sener
gesterday
&
2
gever
di
Th Coma
 

today & all
Muray were all how
were very well plased with
dthe
All
ore w bad done inpostifyin
to

our perter. I must prrever give
ev
credit ton
that officer
they are spleded bon I are a
wadeaful self to keep tong in ade
yc
to themn of everything
So I must be very gratifi to o
$
appointed they
Notwethstanden
that thoe who appoinnd them also appointid
some of them
my Battaleo commander & they


beauties pre enough.
We have had af good dicd of excitement
to duspose offan intended
pecently o
Turker advance but
yave given up all
& our only charee of more
hop of the
ardy in Frence.
will
p
wele we are
t any now very
Pport
not
2 of a letter f
This
becaun I harnt lad a adgletter po
eent writing, also
inspire
you to
then is not mut to tell my arn is nearl
all right you I lave would toe Sli
now. W aguit a bit stiff t the may
ad d notf
ankl also is letter.
 

Mrs Mel
acknowledging the shst
It is nearly ter
I wap deltig another
letter. We never hear whe a wait is aong
on onther as dont know where to cnpe
one
General Mclay told me today he
F.A
had sent or my rexmimudation t General
pordwood for me the Bigodice General
a fortnight ago. Nothing has happened
mne then so I dont knos whatee
to be the remilt. Million love okeneot you
& the weepetsfon Aida Dr
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Egyp
113/3/16
My darling Kit
I posted a letter t you
this day but I an afraid it sired
the waul. We were not told it was
going until a few house before ecloed as
I omailia & though I rent it off atmre
I dont thence it could possllly reach
you. There is every indication that we
shall shortly leare here without a clance
of going t cairo again to I Lave wretten
to m milne & assed bee to go &
the same shop that I went to last
year. I lave toldher to get a plan
Black & a blaw white for you also
the nine for Boaby & a Black in
for dank & an enbroidered white one
for you like you gave to Baaby last year
of they have anthing of the knother
year & a nairl Gou Shuoack & a
wer romething for the dear wee laddie
so he will knw he po notforgotten

th dear wee mamker. To you will know
that I love you all millins & miltion. Ine
told Mrs Milne to put a the parcel to has
&thpand t Baaby from Lg. D. Campbell
becaus I hear the year you are to pe
duty on everything ofer valu
 

C
T
I have ber in
command of troo whole Battalions in addition
t on Brigade with a Regirent of Light
Horse & three Butteres of Asdellery oore of
Hourtzers for tho part fortnight &
General
Murray who is Commander a thief here
now Prode round & inspected our
line a couple of days ago. When he
left he expressed he great pleasure &
General McCay at the work we had don
and as a moult the follong orderwal
published
Para 310. The Commander in Chief F.C.F. this
morning inspected a postion of the pow
line feld by this Devisers & was pleasur
to express his great ratisfaction with
the amont and character of the worse
done there, and with the way i which
the troops are performing thei duties
The BD.C fisin desres that all
ranks should be aware
of this appreciatio
and especially the 15 Brigade, which
has recently ben in occupation of thopons
tine.
alas I told you in my last litter that
General McCay lold me the morning
that he lad a fortught ago recommden
Geveral Kirdnood that I should
t
appointed Brigadei Fners
 

so deavold lady you hare a fan clarce
wll of bing latte sels on of then days
I wonder would
if I han any luck at altt.
m dear old lady be pleased with it Id
think I would chre a bit In fact onlyp
others getting hewards & the joet that I gos
nothing would tend t make people
believe I could not do my job Swould
rather not tak any neward at all
for I feel that I have not done a bit more
that I should be expected But when I find
others getting then a greedely reaching out for
more & withen & many of them men who had
not done they jot at all I must confer
2. But nothing like as lade
I felt hurs
as over the General unloading then Hea
poosils of 6.0s upon me Howev as
we have got the Brigade on to well &
am thomore enclied to take credit to
myself that if I had the men I wanted. I
must my honever that I am not satuped
with the Brigade yot they are not as
sendy as I would like Mr Ear Hamilton
would not ray of them as he mid of the 710
they have learned
Battaten at Mina.
then lesson. They stand llke rocks. Ho you
remenber. I uns very prond of my bogo
that day ofon then felt confident they iule
 

fage anything. Jolnel last as he
was telling me how they faced tho fre at
It must
Krithia while I was away.
have len a great right to see then
march over a bare cultiration paddock
with the greet grass covered with
popple & daisies thoys marcheng as
steady as on parade with the little white
pufp of the shrafinel hursting above
& around them & the boys going Straight
into it without a swerve or any
hurry. I yn all a ccounty it wasth havet
thig done by any body of men on the Benenrola
forther was not a vertege of cover & they
could ree as at the landing they cr
not- what was bepthen. It made
the hame of the Hurnations also more than
any the battle ever the landing for the
Briterts Frinct sine were pevent & saw
it all & were uable to advance + keep
by with our boys under the some fire & it
was then failun t advance that cauned our boys
advance to stop because the Turk were surrounding
them. I don't think ther boy of mucare
guit equal to that yet but a very little
more would make them, if only I hadd a few
more oficer like best sayt. I think I will accomplin
are all gettingbroke
time though. Te
it in
 

well dear ad daitin trin pit if you
dit get a letter for a good while after the
you will know we a
nould trants again
& almos certainly we will go along & join up
with the old boys wher they ary. We hear
all wit of wild stories absott then bengin
heary fighting floing a lot of mee but I
dont beben it. It is always the fan
Wher part of as get away fror th ther
we always get th ram you about Lundred
o killed & winded. But I know they
are actually in the treaches o part of
Bribstline in Flander. My latuan lad
a litterfion ve of his pals there. The country
there he raid is lovely but it is alway
raining. when he whot they were not actut
is
in trenches but were in wit near by they core
bear the guns going all the time. Snce ther I ave
had a litter from Mrs Buckley, whose husband fan
just returned from a visst to then. He said they
had just taken over noe traches severe guits
nitted down & happy & were getting or ppledide
with the inlabatants who wid they liked then
better that any other troop they had ever had then
being more courteous + kind to everybody than
ca of the other troop. They look waph trin she
from one of the Bantan Ballation daired
England & the people were very amund tto me on
 

by bellows towering y over throe little
chars. I must have ben rather a joke. I had a
litter from Hunt mary santupor Iame
Ill an well at toss Tell. I rentauntie
a phet of you & the baernice oe of the map

the was delighted with it. I lad
stots
net a lot that I could afford tpart with mo
but the oe where you are holding uf a lol lot
& the terd ar looking up at you & one of the atent
wher the hostice pet as together io the garden
& a few other I am going t keep pow everybody
Yery
yurtfor myvery dm. Irous sskla pleasue
toget then I al looking forward togetting
some more I expect though the lighe will be
getting todlow now for good may thots. Do you
tetttheme pet I stay good 1 quiet nothar
dide will get a nice phot & le pleasuate
it & do thnee wnthortes take any notice
that. Ded I tell you that General Irving wpo
was very patronisng towards me in Tel el Reb
was got the sack from his the 14th Brigade
that ben give a jot at laiso. I am corryfo
him as he was not a my gunsor gua you
chance as he had in chance whit Bretation connander
& enlike myself did not fight against toking
them & so did not put then on their mettle mene
were all scared to death I'd got they racked
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