Seriously laconic: Captain Alexander Stewart's diary
From British officer Alexander Stewart's diary of his experience on the Western Front. Drawn from "Grandfather's Great War" and additional excerpts in Harper's.
30 June 1916: The finest thing that ever happened in the trenches was the rum ration, and never was it more needed than on the Somme. Yet some blasted, ignorant fool of a general--damned ( Read more... )
30 June 1916: The finest thing that ever happened in the trenches was the rum ration, and never was it more needed than on the Somme. Yet some blasted, ignorant fool of a general--damned ( Read more... )
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