Second-Lieutenant W. Thomas, the appointed science-master at the Ammanford Intermediate School, who, as already reported, is a prisoner of war in Germany, has written home a letter to Llandyasilio, giving additional details of the experiences he underwent before being captured.
He was wounded in the left shoulder, and is now in a German hospital at Paderborn , Westphalia .
“Since I last saw you, he writes, “I have had a most terrible time, six weeks unceasing fighting in France , with men falling right and left of me. I often heard last groans and prayers, but I always got off.
However, my turn arrived on October 13, when a bullet entered my left shoulder. It was all over with me, and I became unconscious. Later I was taken up by the German Red Cross and off to hospital.
I am still in hospital, by feel fairly well. The bullet has not been extracted. I shall have it taken out at the Millbank Military Hospital when I return. You need no send me anything.”
