Postcard From Claude Rollet World War One 1916

From La-Belle France
31/6/16
Remember
An Old Friend

CARTE POSTALE
La Correspondance au recto n’est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers
(Se rensiegner a la Poste)

CORRESPONDANCE    ADRESSE

Fabrication Francaise GLORIA (Marque deposee)
Somewhere-in-Flanders
France
31/5/16
Dear Dot,
Just a few lines to let you know that both Jim & myself are still going strong. We have just come out of the trenches for […] days rest, after an exciting [eight] days in the front line. I must say that both of us had what you might call a very narrow shave. One soon gets used to hearing old Fritz’s shells coming & you simply laugh & joke, and say “what oh she bumps when a high explosive misses its’ mark.  We don’t mind the shrapnel, but no [bon] the high explosive.Our boys had very few casualties, but I must say we were lucky, for the night we left old Fritz straffed us severely. I am now attached to the machine gun section. I sincerely hope you are all well at home, as this leaves me. We are enjoying ourselves just now. I often drop Mr Russell a line, he gave me a great account of how they were going to land in Holland etc & were going to give Fritz a surprise. I am afraid no one knows how Germany is going to be crushed
Kind regards to all at home
C.C.Fl. Rollet

(I often say to Jim I wish I was working down your place & get a cup of tea & cake
These old biscuit are very hard.)