I like Hadow's remark about the Newfoundlanders: "The assault failed only because of the fact that dead men can advance no farther." What an insensitive pig. Newfoundland brought home the remains of an unknown from Beaumont Hamel and reinterred in a ceremony in St. John's yesterday. First unknown buried back home.
The strategy of war by attrition didn't begin with General Haig, but he certainly practiced it well in the Somme Campaign. And damn him for it.
I like Hadow's remark about the Newfoundlanders: "The assault failed only because of the fact that dead men can advance no farther." What an insensitive pig. Newfoundland brought home the remains of an unknown from Beaumont Hamel and reinterred in a ceremony in St. John's yesterday. First unknown buried back home.
Thank you for such a detailed story of emotion. I can't think of anything else to write, I'm so touched.
Thanks, amigo. Was not an easy one to write, to be sure.