There's Life in the Trenches
There's Life in the Trenches
There's Life in the Trenches
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Letter-writ<strong>in</strong>gs are <strong>the</strong> human documents that have <strong>the</strong> power to<br />
make history really live for us.<br />
[…] “I am now us<strong>in</strong>g a new pony.<br />
Noth<strong>in</strong>g seems to do any good<br />
To my old pont, which still<br />
Rema<strong>in</strong>s lame <strong>in</strong> spite of<br />
All bandages. The pony that<br />
I now have belonged to our origi-<br />
Nal padre, who has left us<br />
For <strong>the</strong> Base Camp at Havre.<br />
On <strong>the</strong> completion of his year he<br />
Returns to his parish. He had<br />
Merely six weeks to do until <strong>the</strong>n,<br />
And so <strong>the</strong> autohorities decided to<br />
Reta<strong>in</strong> him <strong>in</strong> France. It did not<br />
Seem worthwhile to<br />
Employ him with us, and <strong>the</strong>n<br />
Immediatly send him back.<br />
Last night we had a<br />
Long rumour that a Bulgarian gen-<br />
Eral had been assass<strong>in</strong>ated.<br />
Sorry that I have no news!”.<br />
This coded letter addressed to<br />
a soldier’s fa<strong>the</strong>r conta<strong>in</strong>s a<br />
message : “In tra<strong>in</strong> for<br />
Marseilles” because of<br />
censorship.
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