They captured ' a lot of Fritz' and gained some ground, but at a terrible cost of Australian lives.Ī telegram sent to Mrs I. The Messines drive was 'war as bad as it can be' and many men went down ' mates killed along side of him' as Percy wrote. They then marched for four days back, approximately fifty miles, to train for 'the big stunt at Messines'.
Acc: 30632/41Īfter two months at Armentieres they moved about two miles to Messines where they ' held the line against Fritz's gas attacks'.
Postcard from Percy from Somewhere in France Dear Mother, 1917.
