Record Number: 31049
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The suppression of all newspapers left the universal craving for news unsatisfied, and the daily paper was replaced by short type-written notes which were secretly passed from hand to hand. I remember the contents of one of these compositions which was handed me by a visitor with great parade of secrecy and importance.
It was composed of brief short sentences: "Cambrai the last town in German occupation. Germans retiring all along the line. Maubeuge re-occupied by French and British troops. Revolution in Berlin. Streets in flames. Death of Empress."
All such absurd stories probably emanated from a German source and represent some obscure form of German humour.'
1900-1945
Date:Sep 1914
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Cambrai
specific address: Hôpital Civil
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:21 Jan 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Major, Gordon Highlanders; Laird; Historian
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[type-written note]
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Manuscript: Type-written notes.
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:31049
Source:Ian Vivian Hay
Editor:n/a
Title:Wounded and a Prisoner of War
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:1916
Vol:n/a
Page:88-89
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ian Vivian Hay, Wounded and a Prisoner of War, (Edinburgh, 1916), n/a, p. 88-89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31049, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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