The following letter has been received by the Editor of the Amman Valley Chronicle from Driver D. W. Lewis, R. F. A., with the Army in France : —
“Just a few lines to let you know how the boys of Llandebie and district are going on at the front.
We have been in action over six months, and glad to say that we are still going strong. We have had six days rest since we have been out here, and we come out again in January for a few days.
All the time we have been in action we have been very lucky. We have only a few killed and wounded, but we have had some narrow shaves, shells dropping only a few yards from our guns, and we have had a taste of gas, too. It made our eyes water as if we were crying, but we came over it all right.
We have seen many awful sights since we are out here, villages smashed to bits; and it is a pity to see the women and children roughing it only a few thousand yards away from the firing line. I think we will make the Germans suffer for this, as we have got them well lapped now.
For every shell they send over they get three back, and when the fine weather comes they’ll have to start their way back to Germany. We can’t do much just yet, as we are having rotten weather, raining every day, and we are sticking it well.
I have come across many of the gallant boys from the district, and they are all well and in the best of spirits, and we only hope that we will be able to come back to the district again.
There are a few of the boys in the Brigade, viz : —
Gunner W. H. Walters, Gunner Thomas, Gunner Hanson, Driver Thomas, Driver T. Jones, and they all wish a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all.”
