posted on 2024-04-05, 18:42authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Discusses being removed from the register for Gibraltar duty, but likelihood of being posted to Egypt / rumors about the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers having been selected to quell a mutiny amongst Dominion soldiers near Etaples / Siegfried Sassoon's mental health and his opinion on the war / discusses Sassoon's concerns over how Robert Graves has characterised Sassoon's objections to the war / desire for a statement of definite war aims / the state of the battalion in France / recent death of fellow officers and men / Edmund Gosse's article mentioning Graves and Sassoon in the 'Edinburgh Review' / the dedication to 'Georgian Poetry' / visit to Rhyl in Wales.