| Evidence: | 'I've read so many descriptions in newspapers of the ruin and desolation caused in this war. Famous literary men have tried their powers of description and All (with the possible exception of Gilbert Frankau) have failed to convey the repulsiveness and awfulness of the scene. The Ecole was one of these places - That's all!' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Lindsay Mackay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 1896 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Army officer, 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Gilbert Frankau |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29199 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Digitized version of manuscript., |
| Citation: | Digitized version of manuscript., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29199, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
| It is unclear from the source document whether the observation was written on 1 August 1917, or was a later interpolation by the author added after the war. |
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