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Description: | 16 ms letters and letter cards (in French), some in diary form, written to relatives in Mauritius and England whilst serving with the 52nd Infantry Regiment, French Army in France, September 1914 - May 1915, covering his mobilisation as a reservist whilst in Switzerland in August 1914 and mustering at Lyons; his first experience of coming under fire in the Vosges in late August 1914; a month in hospital in Grenoble recovering from a slight injury; and at the front again, on the Somme behind Lihans, October 1914 - May 1915. The letters are very well-written and contain lengthy descriptions of conditions in the trenches, and of civilian conditions in France, as well as revealing an educated French soldier's attitude towards the War, the Army, and his hatred of the German enemy. There is also a photograph of Mayer in uniform.
Cataloguer VAF
Catalogue date 1980-08-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | French Army 52nd Infantry Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Mayer, Francois de Chazal | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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