David HargreavesThe BrothersFOR BELIEVERS ESPECIALLY, it was a problem. Faced by legion sadness, unspeakable terror and no prospect of anything better, what possible…Oct 8, 2017Oct 8, 2017
David HargreavesI Don’t Like Dying So YoungALL CRISIS in Russia, and precious little fighting.Sep 30, 2017Sep 30, 2017
David HargreavesSomething Which Is LostEVENTS WERE SPINNING beyond anyone’s control. Certainly that was true of Russia, in which rhyme and reason had been discarded, in the wake…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
David HargreavesThis Year in France or Italy?SOMETIMES IT WAS PERSONAL. There had been an ugly incident, on 4th August, when General Gough had inspected the Queen’s Own Cameron…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
David HargreavesNone Of Us The SameTHE TRAGEDY OF THE BATTLE now unfolding in the west was twofold: it delivered virtually none of the gains which Haig had promised and men…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
David HargreavesHats OffLET US NOW PRAISE frightened men. Early in the morning of 15th August, Arthur Lapointe, of the 22nd French-Canadian Battalion in…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
David HargreavesGoing To HellTHE NAME OF PASSCHENDAELE meant nothing — yet. The battle on the western front now raging was part of the latest “big push”. Perhaps some…Aug 24, 2017Aug 24, 2017
David HargreavesThe Legs and the Kilt Went On RunningTHE OPENING MOMENTS of Passchendaele cannot but recall the sound of deafening guns, and the tableau of desperate men in khaki clambering…Aug 17, 2017Aug 17, 2017
David HargreavesA Terrible Sinking InsideTOO MUCH, perhaps, has been already been said about Passchendaele.Aug 7, 2017Aug 7, 2017
David HargreavesWho Would True Valour SeeHERE LAY AN AWKWARD TRUTH. The British and French armies fielded seasoned professionals. Not so, just now, the Russians.Aug 4, 2017Aug 4, 2017
