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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& 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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  • December 11, 2018 15:12:27 Thomas A. Lingner

    & 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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5037 / 56517
Source
http://europeana1914-1918.eu/...
Contributor
Kate Ward
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


May 12, 1917
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