Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes how he and his battery celebrated Christmas on the battlefield. He thanks his mother for all the provisions she has sent to him and his fellow soldiers. He reports that his senior officer was recently killed in action, but they managed to find a parson and have a decent burial for him.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere and the other men in his battery have enjoyed the mince pies Grace had sent to the trenches. He describes the two days he spent away from his battery with the infantry men.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his observations and experiences at the front and on the activities of his battery.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his observations and experiences at the front and on the activities of his battery.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes how he and his battery celebrated Christmas on the battlefield. He thanks his mother for all the provisions she has sent to him and his fellow soldiers. He reports that his senior officer was recently killed in action, but they managed to find a parson and have a decent burial for him.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere and the other men in his battery have enjoyed the mince pies Grace had sent to the trenches. He describes the two days he spent away from his battery with the infantry men.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 'A' Battery, 59th Field Artillery Brigade. Revere's battery has been in action on the battlefield for months, and now they are resting only to prepare to return to the front. He hopes to soon be able to spend a few days at home after the past four nightmarish months. His father has been sending him book catalogues, as well as sale catalogues from Sotheby's, from which Revere has ordered some books.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Revere sends Jacobs photos of the wall-carvings at St. Mark's and of the staircase of the palace of the Doges.