Tired. [WWI]

posted by LockeProposal on TheGrittyPast

Thirty-two-year-old Sergeant-Major César Méléra had been detailed – to his evident annoyance – to take up the rear of his battalion of the Régiment Colonial, and stop stragglers falling back. He describes tersely the ensuing action as viewed from the immediate rear.

Leaving for the front, a man committed suicide, ‘tired of the war which he neither understood nor saw’.

Source:

Horne, Alistair. “Fort Vaux.” The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916. New York: St. Martin's, 1963. 265. Print.

>Thirty-two-year-old Sergeant-Major César Méléra had been detailed – to his evident annoyance – to take up the rear of his battalion of the Régiment Colonial, and stop stragglers falling back. He describes tersely the ensuing action as viewed from the immediate rear. >Leaving for the front, a man committed suicide, ‘tired of the war which he neither understood nor saw’. _________________________ **Source:** Horne, Alistair. “Fort Vaux.” *The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916*. New York: St. Martin's, 1963. 265. Print.

Tired. [WWI]

No comments, yet...

/s/TheGrittyPast