EAG-03

Somewhere in France
15.2.1916

Dear Sir,

I most humbly beg your pardon for not writing to you since I had your answer to my last letter. Truth to tell I haven't had an hour to spare these last three months. I have been up at the trenches for some time, and there is absolutely no opportunity of letter-writing there, no matter how anxious one is to do so. However Sir things are a bit slack now, and I am taking the opportunity to write you. This ambulance was attached to a Division of the Regular Army for the past 3 months but we have now gone back to our own division the 36^th. We did some very good work whilst we were attached, and we were specially complemented by the G.O.C. We had our first casualties yesterday, 3 men and an officer being wounded. Indeed we have been very lucky considering the work we have to perform. I was speaking to McCausland a few weeks ago, he was in hospital suffering from varicose veins & I believe they eventually got to the base. I expect to be home on furlough soon, and I am anxiously looking forward to it. It is a very long and tiresome journey but it is well worth the travelling to live 7 days of civilisation. I will call in to see you and explain my former neglect in not writing you. I could do it better verbally. I hope Sir you are keeping in good health as for myself I never felt better in all my life.

I Remain
Yours Sincerely
J.F. Eagleson

G.H. Elliott Esq.
Chief Librarian