War Snippets

The Glamorgan Gazette from this day (14 May) ninety-nine years ago (1915,) has an account of fighting that supposedly comes from a socialist soldier in Northern France.

It says 'a cry and a murmur here and there...And when the victims of death are so uncannily still, then they speak the loudest...An attempt is made to count the dead. An impossible task. There lies a young officer, beautiful as a god...There he is lying, quiet and friendly. At home, perhaps, there is a faithful wife, a loving sweetheart, an old mother, weeping their eyes out. Who knows?...'

Who this man was may never be known, but his account seems truly heartfelt, and shows the humanity and reality of war.



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