Thanks for this Hugh. Very interesting indeed! I have something in common with Sapper de Neuil: while in the army reserves, I too was a member of 3rd Field Engineers... 3rd Field Engineer Squadron (Ottawa), that is! 
One possible correction to the translation though (I'm French): "C’est nous souhaitons" is grammatically incorrect. But the word she uses is very hard to read. It ALMOST looks like "J'estime" (literally "I estimate"), maybe? It might be in the sense of "I *assume* our postcard will find you in the same state." Although with him being in a prisoner-of-war camp, I don't know why she'd assume that? But hey...
Anyone else with French in the background have any thoughts?
One possible correction to the translation though (I'm French): "C’est nous souhaitons" is grammatically incorrect. But the word she uses is very hard to read. It ALMOST looks like "J'estime" (literally "I estimate"), maybe? It might be in the sense of "I *assume* our postcard will find you in the same state." Although with him being in a prisoner-of-war camp, I don't know why she'd assume that? But hey...
Anyone else with French in the background have any thoughts?
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