Letters from France
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Overfilled kit bags and a rough Channel crossing set the scene for Isaac Alexander Mack's first letters from military service in France. Writing to his mother in January 1916, he records the rush of departure, tiring marches and the search for suitable quarters. His account of placing a platoon in farm buildings turns practical tasks, including finding drinking water, into a record of an officer learning his responsibilities.
Trench duty and a course in mortars appear alongside thanks for family parcels and requests for candles, boot oil and cake. Mack's affectionate language and jokes about supplies keep the letters rooted in everyday relationships, even as he discusses shell fire and reports from Verdun.
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- Author
- Isaac Alexander Mack
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 61
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Military History
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