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Record Number: 31784


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I saw a Daily Mail in the evening. The Germans are gone back on an 82-mile front, extending from Arras in the north to a good bit below us here in the south ... What strikes one so much is our utter lack of mobility.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

20 Mar 1917

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Mézières

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1885

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Chaplain, Thirty-Second Divisional Artilliery, British Army

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Daily Mail

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

31784

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

A. B. Scott

Title:

Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1932

Vol:

n/a

Page:

187

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

A. B. Scott (ed.), Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories, (London, 1932), p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31784, accessed: 01 June 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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