About This Book
A military chaplain records candid vignettes from recruitment depots, reinforcement camps, clearing stations and the trenches, sketching daily routines, casualty evacuation and the aftermath of major offensives. He contrasts the gaunt architecture and bureaucratic mustering with the private humour, courage and chivalry of ordinary soldiers, and notes practical details of billets, winter conditions and morale-sustaining visits. Through episodic anecdotes and reflective commentary he considers suffering and consolation, the taking of souvenirs and treatment of prisoners, and the pastoral limits and duties of spiritual care amid industrialized warfare.
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