Record Number: 31435
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Several French soldiers were reading newspapers. I asked one to get me one. He gave me his and when I offered him a "sou", there was a regular chorus from all his pals of "Non! Non! Non!", and he stepped out of the way as if I had a bomb in my hand.
There was not much in it, but one of them pointed out to me a paragraph which said that two German cruisers had been sunk by the British Fleet in the Pacific, saying "très bon, très bon".'
1900-1945
Date:21 Aug 1914
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Maubeuge
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1888
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[French newspaper]
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:31435
Source:n/a
Editor:R. H. Wollocombe
Title:A Diary of the Great War
Place of Publication:Bath
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:n/a
Page:15
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
R. H. Wollocombe (ed.), A Diary of the Great War, (Bath, 1989), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31435, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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