Love Letters from the Front

Eric is assigned to horse duties and takes the men on gun drill, shouting himself almost speechless in the process.

Phyllis unsettles Eric by saying he 'isn't at all a charming person'.

As the absence from Phyllis lengthens and the battle grinds on, Eric begins to lose hope.

Eric gives Phyllis an account of a bloody attack by German troops - 'We waited a while, then saw one figure, then two, three and four. They were the remainder of the patrol'.

Eric and Phyllis are left reeling after a German patrol attacks and inflicts large casualties.

Eric discloses to Phyllis that he has been ordered to head into no man's land.

Eric begins to lose hope of meeting Phyllis again.

Eric wishes for an end to the war that is preventing him and Phyllis being together.

Eric is given alarming news of imminent action ahead.

To escape the horrors of war, Eric dreams of spending a night at the opera with Phyllis.