Status Updates From Great War 1914 1918

“I kissed Don on the cheek ‘Goodbye!’ He turned to watch me go. Shortly afterwards they brought me his black tail, as I asked for a souvenir. Strange as it may seem, we ate his heart and kidneys for dinner, as they are now reserved for the owners. I am sure he would have preferred that I, rather than another, should do so.”

“God had created hell but it wasn’t bad enough so he created Mesopotamia.”

“Gallipoli was nothing but a foolish sideshow.”

“I don’t order you to attack — I order you to die. In the time which passes until we die, other troops and commanders can take out places.”

“I thought I was completely alone in No Man’s Land but then I started to stumble on wounded men — three of them.”

“It is impossible to picture the horrors of this continual struggle, in which the artillery is without ammunition and the infantry without rifles.”