'B Company'
1st Black Watch
B.E.F. France
18-7-15

Dear Harry

I received your kind and welcome letter yesterday dated 6 June for which very many thanks. It must have travelled all over France by the look of the post mark on the envelope. However I was glad to see that you were all well, as this leaves me the same, although you mention about your shortness of work, which is a pity and will soon buck up I expect after this was is over.

We are again in the front line trenches immediately on the left of the French who are having a great deal of fighting day and night for a certain town. We are fully expecting an attack as they are reported to be massing on our immediate front and have been for a considerable time now. I really wish they would have a good try and to break through, I think it will just about see things to a close then. We caught a spy the other day who informed us that the enemy knew about all our movements, which we have had to change. We got a German last night, he was coming towards our lines, and our sentry challenged him, he never replied so the sentry and another did not mince matters I can assure you he had a few holes in him to let day light through. He died in our hands. We don't know what he was up to, if on patrol, cutting our wire or going to bomb us, he had a bomb in his pocket.

If judging by his appearance can go for anything they are very badly off, he had one boot on, no socks, and his clothes looked like the worse of wear. His age would be about 45 year, height slightly over 6 ft and well made.

I have had no word from Edie yet but expect some every day, had word from Jessie they are all doing well around that side.

Now dear Harry I will close with fondest love to you all out there, not forgetting your wife and child. I expect to come out that way some day, and then I expect you will be glad to get rid of me.

I remain your loving Bro

Andrew