Eight Mile Ride With Lunatic at Front
A New York Sun correspondent quotes an American ambulance corps member describing a harrowing overnight trip near French trenches. On a dark eight mile run with two mad soldiers, dangerous road conditions, and frequent near-collisions, the driver barely avoids incidents as one man lunges, lights matches, and causes chaos inside the ambulance before reaching the hospital yard.
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What War Is As Told By A British Officer To His Son
A British officer writes home from France to his nine year old son Brian describing a battle line. He details trenches, dugouts, artillery observers, balloons and aeroplanes, and the dense firepower of modern warfare. He notes the destruction, casualties, and the effort behind operations, ending that war yields hard but needed gains for the future.
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