13 October 1915
Commentary
Peirs continues to discuss with his mother some of the details of his day to day life. This letter is typed – transcribed at some point post war – and he describes vividly some interesting images. Having bath in a beer vat, lectures on trench mortars, and new officers arriving to replace those who were wounded two weeks before. Trench mortars were becoming more and more important, in particular, as they were discovered to be a bit more effective at cutting German wire than the standard 18 pound field howitzer. And, Peirs is still relishing in his new coat, which he calls ‘a great success.’