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Description: | Ms letter (18pp) dated 3 March 1919 to his wife, describing an automobile journey through the battlefields of Belgium and northern France, including his descriptions of the ruins of Ypres and Poperinghe, travelling toward the village of Zonnebeke which is described as still littered with ammunition and discarded equipment, Mount Kemmel, where he describes the effects of gas on the local environment, the impassibility of roads due to war debris, and meeting German and Chinese prisoners engaged in clearing the battlefields, as well as noticing the graves that can be seen across the two countries and commenting on the nature of the war itself.
Cataloguer BEK
Catalogue date 2006-06-07 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Long, A A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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