LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
9000 CASES iOF FROSTBITE. - '' LONDON, Feb. 18. Mr H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, in the House of Commons, stated that there were 9175 cases of frostbite to January 24th.. HAND-TO-HAND CONFLICTS MEN' BECOME DEMENTED. \ (Bee. 10.15 a.m.) FREMANTLE, This Day. A wounded private returning • from the front says that when. the British were retreating from Mpns privates; in. the British army thought,'the war ' was over, and that they were beaten and bound for Havre en route to England. He says it is difficult to describe the atmosphere surrounding hahd-to-ha'nd conflicts. Often, men become demented owing to ihe nerve-racking noise.in the trenches, out singing towards the enemy, a*id meet a hail of bullets and instant death.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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