Transcription: [page 1] Somewhere July 19 / 1917;Dear Miss Monica Roberts, To day Your mighty welcome letter of the 11 inst. reached me safely and You cannot imagine who [how] much I was pleased to get it & the lot of agreable, pretty moments I shall spend by it, therefore I am m
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Transcription: [page 1] Flanders, the 29th 11. 17;Dear miss Roberts, This time I must excuse me for the long stillness I kept but I was in no mood to write the smalest [smallest] fine letter; so I prefered rather to remain silent instead of writing an awful melancholic letter. Ev
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Transcription: [page 1] Front Belge, ce 12. X. 1917;Chère Demoiselle, Ayant quelques loisirs je les mets à profit pour vous écrire ces quelques lignes. J'ose vous écrire en français en comptant d'avance votre excuse. Ne disposant pas de tout le temps nécessaire pour écrire en an
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Transcription: [page 1] Belgian Front, 25 . 8 . 1917;Dear Miss Roberts, I was indeed very glad to hear so quickly again from You by Your most welcome letter of the 13th inst. Worse luck! I have, but not the kind of losing Your pretty letters, as I got them all right, only a bit d
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Transcription: Front. August 8 / 1917 Dear Miss Roberts, Your most pretty p.c. reached me yesterday; I was very delighted indeed to get such a nice view, as I am a collectioner from P.C. with stamps view side. I have yet [already] quite a big lot of them of all parts of the worl
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Transcription: [page 1] Front, le 22 . 11. 1917;Chère Demoiselle, Oui, chère Demoiselle, voilà enfin quelques nouvelles de celui que vous avez du prendre pour un ingrat à cause du silence prolongé qu'il garda depuis plus de deux semaines. Mais veuillez vous détromper, car ni l'ou
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Transcription: [page 1] D44, 2e Batt. A.B.C.1e Groupe le 22 octobre 1917 Bien chère Demoiselle, Quelle charmante lettre que celle du 11 courant! Vraiment vous ne sauriez croire au grand plaisir que vous me procurez. Ses effets sont simplement surprenants; décidemment vous poss
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Transcription: [page 1] Dublin 55 Up. Mount Str. Wednesday 24th January 1918 Dear Miss Roberts, Your most welcome letter reached me this morning and I was of course very glad to hear so quickly again from you. I am so sorry, really sorry Your sister is again serious[ly] sick and
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Transcription: [page 1] Somewhere the 21 . 9 . 17;Dear Miss Roberts, When I came back from leave I was very agreably surprised to find Your most welcome letter of the 3rd inst. & was of course very pleased to receive quickly news of You. - Coming back from dear old blighty, one f
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Transcription: [page 1] Somewhere, Oct 19, 1917;Dear Miss Roberts, I was very glad to receive to day Your most welcome and cheerful letter, as I was yet several days looking forward for it but had been disapointed several times. Also it was a real joy to hear again from You. I mu
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Transcription: [page 1] Front, the 27 . 9 . 17 Dear Miss Roberts At present I am going to write You a few lines as it seems me a real eternity since I let You know something about my daily life; who is indeed very capricious, no less than twenty minutes ago I was in full action
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Transcription: [page 2] Front belge, ce 18 décembre 1917 Chère Demoiselle, Encore cette dernière c'est fait attendre, mais mieux vaut tard que jamais, surtout lorsqu'on trouve une personne assez généreuse pour excuser le retard. Toutefois il n'a pas tenu à ma bonne volonté, mais
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