St Edward's WWI Letter Transcriptions

I can’t help thinking that the plague of darkness was nothing more or less than a terrific sandstorm. We are very peaceful here,

our nominal foe is the Senussi, and he lurks

anything up to 200 miles out, and I think is about finished. I believe we are here really more to impress the native, who is rather inclined to get above himself. Everyone seems to think the War won’t last much longer, the Hun has taken a horrid knock at Verdun, all our outlying campaigns are being gradually cleared up, and the big offensive East and West simultaneously ought to move him; and I am quite convinced the Turk has had enough of it. I have not come across any O.S.E. yet out here but I believe Stalto Douglas is somewhere in Cairo, I must try and find him. Raywell [O.S.E.] has transferred himself to the Flying Corps and I believe at Reading learning the art, he was awfully fit Mother said in her