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Description: | British officer served with British Army on Western Front, 1914; present during Christmas truce, 12/1914
REEL 1 Recollections of period as officer during Christmas truce in Ypres area, Belgium, 24/12/1914-25/12/1914: story of being surrounded and heavy casualties following German attack, 18/11/1914; nature of trenches; view of first emergence of Bavarian German soldiers into No Man's Land, 24/12/1914; move into No Man's Land, conversation with German soldiers and orders to men not to fire; co-operative arrangements to bury British corpses in mass grave No Man's Land; ordering belligerent private back to British line; fraternisation with German soldiers; impromptu football match in No Man's Land; firing at lights on German Christmas tree; continuation of truce, 25/12/1914; orders to men not to fire; conversation with German officer; resumption of firing following relief of Bavarians by Prussian troops, 26/12/1914; view of superior nature of German dugout and trenches during visit to German front line; superior appearance of German troops' uniform; story of exchanging jack-knife for German officer's Iron Cross; resumption of firing following relief of Bavarians by Prussian troops, 26/12/1914. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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