“A dark and depressing cloud looms over us” the CO was ranting while pacing back and forth. I had just arrived in the briefing room and on hearing this I thought there must have been an axis breakthrough but much to my disappointment it quickly became clear that the CO had assembled us in the briefing room to complain about the weather.

<sub>French architecture remains a mystery.


A small fire broke out in the barracks, it was quickly subdued, but not before panic set in and several people were shot.</sub>

As you may have noticed I have been away from the front for some time. I was writing my much anticipated novel ‘Why Soldiers Dream of Robotic Sheep’ which has sadly been censored by the war office until such time that hostilities have ceased and our troops are no longer in danger of reprisals from French farmers. Please readers, no angry letters to the war office you run the risk of a court martial.

So, to re-acquaint myself with the front I linked up with the BKB, who are now back in business after a ghastly episode involving saboteurs. It is stalwarts such as these that make the allies unstoppable, sometimes. You can’t win them all!


<sub>Here we can see two brave soldiers charging into a bush. This happens a lot


These Germans were having a picnic. It was delicious.


It may not look like it but I can assure you that these apparently pyjama clad French paratroopers are well into a daring mission.</sub>

I have gone out on countless patrols now and despite the tremendous toll this has taken on my under garments I can report that the BKB and indeed the Allies are a force to be reckoned with. In fact we handily won a recent campaign, even though in the later stages the axis put up a fierce resistance, they remain a formidable opponent, as you all know.


<sub>Here you can see me delivering a parcel to a German tank crew (I also work for the red cross). I have scratched out the address for security reasons.


I crossed the lines to interview some enemy troops. They didn’t want their faces on camera.</sub>

_{I happened to look out my hotel window and this grisly scene confronted me. I quickly reported this to reception I can assure you.}

This campaign is well under way and hopes for another victory were high however our axis opponent has other ideas! Just recently I found myself involved in an assault on Hasselt (not for the first time) and despite maximum effort by our troops a determined axis defence repulsed us. The frustration was evident and even my standing atop a Sherman tank and reading some of my poetry could not lift the spirits of these battered allied troops. Such things are unavoidable at times I’m afraid.

<sub>An officer in the Allied high command...Apparently suffering from stress. Thankfully he made a full recovery.


Going over bumps at speed remains hazardous.</sub>

Another thing I am alarmed by is the lack of care taken with our FB’s (military slang). In fact there was an occasion when I found myself alone at one of these FB’s when a truck of German soldiers brazenly drove up and charged right at me! I fear that if the sergeant in charge had not been the head of my German fan club and recognised me instantly I would have been shot out of hand. Our generals must take better care of these installations lest this happen to me again. Who knows next time I may be taken prisoner and moral would surely suffer terribly.


_{Orrman quickly dealt with these enemy aircraft.}

Don’t start thinking that moral is low however, far from it readers! These set backs are quickly forgotten and we press onwards. The war continues regardless. We may find ourselves in something of a stalemate but this is just an opportunity to outfox the enemy and break through. We must persevere if we are to achieve this and push through to victory, no easy task, but if we pull together we can do it.

-Wanderer