Record Number: 31900
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We got up and 9 am surrounded by the females of the farm who were in the kitchen. I in my pyjamas. However, I hid behind the table when I dressed. I just read a ridiculous account of the attack here last Monday 14th, in the Daily Mail. How the Royal Scots and Gordons took four lines of trenches, that our cavalry were used on the flank, and that the Germans were surrounded by "a ring of khaki". Unfortunately it was most the other way on: there are no cavalry within miles, nor could they have been used in this enclosed wire country sodden with water; and we took one trench with awful loss.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:21 Dec 1914
Country:Belgium
Timemorning
Place:city: Loker
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:2 Feb 1874
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Major, 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Daily Mail
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31900
Source:n/a
Editor:Claudia Davison
Title:The Burgoyne Diaries
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:n/a
Page:26
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claudia Davison (ed.), The Burgoyne Diaries, (London, 1985), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31900, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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