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La Clytte (per Poperinghe) Belgique.

21th April 1916.

Dear Sir,

I have received the very obliging letter you did me the honour of addressing to me on the 12th of April, and I beg you, in the first place, to accept my warmest thanks for the permission you have been pleased to give me and for the kind offers you have made.

Be assured that I shall have great pleasure in availing myself of it. I am in possession of ten volumes

of your History of the War: the tenth (The Russian Stand and the September Offensive in the West) having been given to me just yesterday by the kindness of the British Brigadier-General now staying at my home.

With you, dear Sir, I hope the unfortunate state of things in our poor but great Belgium will soon change; and that I may ere long be able to prove my readiness to take advantage of your favour.

Allow me, dear Sir, in turn to assure you that I remain, with the highest respect,

Your most humble servant,

L'Abbé A. Callewaert

Curé de La Clytte.