Shanghai Municipal Police and now of 8 Platoon, B Ca., Ist Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, Salonika Forces, writes as follows under date of January 26:
beg to thank you and the members of the 8.M.P. most kindly for the very welcome parcels, The gifts arrived on the 24th instant. Tt is very thoughtful of you all out there, going to ro much trouble for us boys at the front. I can assure you it makes things much more happy for us here to know that the people at home and abroad are ever ready to go to any trouble to make our conditions easier at the front.
"T am at present in Greek Macedonia, about 40 miles from the Bulgarian frontier. We are the nearest infantry regiment to the Bulgars at this part of the line. We do outpost duty at night and the cavalry do it during the day. We are also employed in roads and trenches. It is difficult for the transport to get along in this part, it being all done by Indian mules. Very often we have to do without food for a day, or perhaps two days, owing to the difficulty of the transport getting to us, but things won't remain long under those conditions as we are expert road makers.
"I would much rather be in Franes, or even Belgium, than this country. Had I been in France I would have had a sever by now, whereas there of getting one from here. I have been over nine months on Active Servios now, and have not received a scratch yet, so I can count myself} lucky. There has been heavy fall 873 of snow here lately, but it is beginning to melt away now and frost has set in.
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