November 26, 1915
The trenches are shallow in some areas and steep in others. The communication trenches are filled with flowing brown, muddy water. Us men are saturated with mud from head to foot and for this reason I hope the weather takes a turn for the better.
There has been gun fire over head today but we have not been very involved. I’m sitting here pondering the reasons for why it is that we are fighting this war. If it had not been for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would I not be sitting here drenched in mud and shivering from head to toe?
December 1, 1915
Today I have been assigned sniping along side of the Second-in-Command of the East Lancashire Regiment. I shot at the German soldiers in their trenches and gave them a fright. At one point I had one stuck in the trenches and waited for him to move for it must have been a half-hour. Later on, after I was done sniping, I was observing the holes from shrapnel and broken limbs from explosives that this war has left on the surroundings …show more content…
The temperatures are dropping and it is hard not to shiver. I have to go to breakfast for we are expecting a fellow commander.
April 6, 1916
German soldiers ambushed us with explosives and shrapnel. Some of our non-commissioned officers fell to the ground in a horrific pool of blood. I hope the country we are fighting for realizes the sacrifices we as men are making for them. Seeing the lifeless bodies riddled with holes from bayonets is a terrifying site.
June 8, 1916
I am exhausted from morning fire on the enemies and just barely finished breakfast. It also saddened me to record the conditions in which I have been enduring. The dugouts where I currently reside are riddled with rats. The conditions are so poor that I am awaiting the days until the war ceases to exist. I must go for it is now my shift to clean my weapon and then off to
The trenches are shallow in some areas and steep in others. The communication trenches are filled with flowing brown, muddy water. Us men are saturated with mud from head to foot and for this reason I hope the weather takes a turn for the better.
There has been gun fire over head today but we have not been very involved. I’m sitting here pondering the reasons for why it is that we are fighting this war. If it had not been for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would I not be sitting here drenched in mud and shivering from head to toe?
December 1, 1915
Today I have been assigned sniping along side of the Second-in-Command of the East Lancashire Regiment. I shot at the German soldiers in their trenches and gave them a fright. At one point I had one stuck in the trenches and waited for him to move for it must have been a half-hour. Later on, after I was done sniping, I was observing the holes from shrapnel and broken limbs from explosives that this war has left on the surroundings …show more content…
The temperatures are dropping and it is hard not to shiver. I have to go to breakfast for we are expecting a fellow commander.
April 6, 1916
German soldiers ambushed us with explosives and shrapnel. Some of our non-commissioned officers fell to the ground in a horrific pool of blood. I hope the country we are fighting for realizes the sacrifices we as men are making for them. Seeing the lifeless bodies riddled with holes from bayonets is a terrifying site.
June 8, 1916
I am exhausted from morning fire on the enemies and just barely finished breakfast. It also saddened me to record the conditions in which I have been enduring. The dugouts where I currently reside are riddled with rats. The conditions are so poor that I am awaiting the days until the war ceases to exist. I must go for it is now my shift to clean my weapon and then off to