I also heard you were brought to the hospital the day I was brought in, but had left by the time I got here.
I hear our regiment was captured en bloc at Bertry; they marched slap into the Germans in the dark, so we may be better off where we are. I hear M., M., and L. were killed the day we got wounded.
We are very well done here; it is rather an amateur show, but every one does what they can for us. I got a bullet across my scalp, but it is nearly healed now, and I am up and about. I expect —— Btt. must be in the country by now somewhere, but I don't know.
I hope this finds you in good spirits. I think we may hope to be relieved soon.
Best luck.—Yours ever,
A. A. D.
A nurse from Cambrai is here who has kindly volunteered to take this back with her.
The nurse told me that she was returning to Caudry next day and would take back an answer. She also added that my friend hoped to escape.
Next morning I was able to scrawl two or three lines, holding a pencil in the right hand and pushing it along with the left.