MvR writes from France

"Dear Mum, I received your last letter in Ostrowo dated 4 August. The field post doesn't seem to be working very well. I write to you almost every day and always hope that the connection from me to you is better than the other way round. We Uhlans are unfortunately assigned to the infantry; I say unfortunately because Lothar has certainly already taken part in great cavalry battles, the likes of which we will hardly ever see. I am sent out on patrol a lot and am doing my best to come back with the Iron Cross. I think it will be another eight to fourteen days before we fight a big battle. "Antithesis is doing just great. He's building out, ironclad, calm, jumping every Koppelrick and really doing everything as if he's done nothing else so far, not getting leaner but fatter.‘’