Letter from a Rhodes Scholar on the Western Front

The Cavalry grazing horses on the Western Front (Creative Commons) Photograph of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many for propaganda purposes. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.

The Cavalry grazing horses on the Western Front (Creative Commons)
Photograph of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many for propaganda purposes.
From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.

It must have been hard to know what to say to your little sister in Africa when you were waiting to be sent into action during the First World War.

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Troubles around the world, as seen by The Graphic in London in 1867

Morosi's stronghold

Morosi’s stronghold

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