Prince, William Alfred - Letters to mother

Letter from William Prince, France, to his mother and family in New Zealand, dated 6 May 1916. (5 leaves plus envelope)

The following extracts have been taken from pages 2 and 3:

[Page 2]

"We get plenty of music too from the big guns, have it breakfast, dinner, & tea & all night sometimes, last night May 5th. was a very heavy bombardment. You may hear something of it through the papers. We have heard that the Germans got a good pasting. I hope it turns out to be correct.

[Page 3]

"Everyday we see aeroplanes being fired on, we can see the shells bursting all around them, but so far have seen none brought down, but we hear that some have been brought down, its great watching them."