This is a paraphrasing task. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence which express same meaning as the input using different words.
One example: Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay, and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.
Solution is here: A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay daily.
Explanation: Input and output sentence have same meaning in different words.

Now, solve this: out in italy , after we 'd escaped , i get a letter telling us me wife and bairn have been killed in an air-raid in sunderland .
Solution:
outside in italy , after our escape , i received a letter that they had killed my wife and baby during a raid in sunderland .