Evidence: | [Campbell is describing entering a German dugout captured after a successful offensive]
'Their home was very like one of ours, maps and pictures stuck on the walls, shelves cut out of the earth, a sheaf of orders on the hook, newspapers on the table, a half-written letter, a pair of spectacles. I looked at their books, but I could not tell whether they were like ours, whether they were novels or not.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Aug 1918 and 31 Aug 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Patrick James Campbell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | n/a |
Date of Birth | 1897 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Artillery officer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In German. |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 29116 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Patrick James Campbell | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Ebb and Flow of Battle | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 102 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Patrick James Campbell, The Ebb and Flow of Battle (London, 1977), p. 102, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29116, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
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