A Marvelous Escape

“My niece is very pleased with the parcel you sent, and I am to thank you for it. She gives encouraging news of her son, who ridiculed his mother before he went to war. He is only twenty, and was injured in the Dardanelles affair, when he had a marvelous escape. His machine gun was smashed to pieces, his wrist watch torn off, but he escaped with a few bullet wounds. One of his unit found the watch two days after minus the strap. I have seen that watch. The dear boy tells that before going into action several of them went, with their officer, and kneeled down and prayed, and those that escaped met again, with others not of the previous party, to thank God. The dear boy is still unfit for any but very light duty.”