“They almost flew at me”

A LANCE-CORPORAL WRITES: ― “No doubt you will find that you will get several post-cards belonging to the 14th ―. Well, sir, they are those you sent me to distribute, and they almost flew at me when I asked them who would like a post-card, and I soon got rid of them... Please send me some more. L.-Cpl. J. H.―.”