10.5287/BODLEIANDSJR.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
1917-10-27
2011-11-30 21:30:42.606247
2011
ww1-2538
Leaf
Discusses being removed from the register for Gibraltar duty, but likelihood of being posted to Egypt / rumors about the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers having been selected to quell a mutiny amongst Dominion soldiers near Etaples / Siegfried Sassoon's mental health and his opinion on the war / discusses Sassoon's concerns over how Robert Graves has characterised Sassoon's objections to the war / desire for a statement of definite war aims / the state of the battalion in France / recent death of fellow officers and men / Edmund Gosse's article mentioning Graves and Sassoon in the 'Edinburgh Review' / the dedication to 'Georgian Poetry' / visit to Rhyl in Wales.