| Evidence: | 'There followed a quotation from the correspondent of the Corriere della Sera, who described "the Austrian attack on the Italian positions in the neighbourhood of the Tonale Pass".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Jun 1918 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London location in dwelling: Dining room other location: Vera Brittain's parents' flat |
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Observer |
| Genre: | Ephemera, newspaper report |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | published 16 June 1918 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21892 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 436 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 436, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21892, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain goes on to quote an extract from the Italian newspaper describing the attack by the Austrian Army on the Italian front where her brother Edward was serving with the Sherwood Foresters. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)