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Dec. 23rd, 2011 10:43 amMore from Forgotten Voices of the Great War:
"It was heaven. And to kick this sandbag about, but we did not play with the Germans. Well, we didn't, but I believe quite a lot did up and down the place." Which gives the lie to those who said these Christmas day truce games didn't happen.
"We had newspapers coming here from England accusing us of fratenising with the Germans: parsons accusing us of fraternising...I wrote home...We want (the fellows that are writing in the newspapers) here in front of us instead of Jerry so we could shoot them down for passing remarks like that while nice and safe in England." The attitudes of preachers during WWI will make a nice theme for Lent.
And saving the best for last:
"That evening the Germans sent over a bnote saying that their staff was visiting their trenches that night, so the truce must end and they would have to fire their machine guns. They would fire them high but could we in any case keep under cover in case any regrettable accidents occured."
"It was heaven. And to kick this sandbag about, but we did not play with the Germans. Well, we didn't, but I believe quite a lot did up and down the place." Which gives the lie to those who said these Christmas day truce games didn't happen.
"We had newspapers coming here from England accusing us of fratenising with the Germans: parsons accusing us of fraternising...I wrote home...We want (the fellows that are writing in the newspapers) here in front of us instead of Jerry so we could shoot them down for passing remarks like that while nice and safe in England." The attitudes of preachers during WWI will make a nice theme for Lent.
And saving the best for last:
"That evening the Germans sent over a bnote saying that their staff was visiting their trenches that night, so the truce must end and they would have to fire their machine guns. They would fire them high but could we in any case keep under cover in case any regrettable accidents occured."
