Read it in a postcard, coastguard, churchyard

[sovay]

Things We Want to Know.

1.—Who discovered the salient.

2.—Why.

—The Wipers Times, 26 February 1916

Comments

[ashlyme]

This one appealed to my sense of gallows humour:

'"...They climbed into the trench and surprised the sentry, but unfortunately the revolver which was held to his head missed fire. Attempts were made to throttle him quietly, but he succeeded in raising the alarm, and had to be killed." This we consider real bad luck for the sentry after the previous heroic efforts to keep him alive.'

[sovay]

This we consider real bad luck for the sentry after the previous heroic efforts to keep him alive.

Their gallows humor was top-notch.