Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 147
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& my desires come to you at all times
my Own.
War is a fine game & may be
the sport of kings, but its glory has
departed under modern conditions. Shells
& big guns deal out death & destruction
but it is only by the pluck & determination
of the infantry soldier that battles &
ground are finally won. Money & materials
are necessary to smash up the enemy
materials but that is only the start
- engineering & mechanical effort engaged
in systematic destruction. The infantry
sit in front & wait - they protect the guns
& keep the enemy on the jump as much
as possible. The guns finished wave
after wave of men surge into the
Boche defences - a slow solid advance;
then the final madding rush followed
by hours of feverish toil to make
defences that the enemy infantry
cannot penetrate. Then the same old
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Havrincourt, Ribecourt-la-Tour,
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Story location Havrincourt, Ribecourt-la-Tour,
- ID
- 5037 / 56517
- Contributor
- Kate Ward
May 12, 1917
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