posted on 2024-04-18, 14:51authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Describes getting caught in a 'strafe' / in reserves / playing Bach / bored of war / mistakes in battle / the terrifying noise made by machine guns / mending wires / casualties from the strafe / watching the farmers make hay / includes a musical score for 'The Song the Signallers Sung' / very pleased because Ivor Gurney might be recommended for a DCM / mentions Robert Bridges writing about Lord Kitchener / poems for the 'Saturday Westminster' / intends to ask some questions of some officers', etc. behaviour when he is back in England.