Matthew Faherty’s Reviews > Copse 125: A Chronicle from the Trench Warfare of 1918 > Status Update

Love of country, a nations fighting spirit, love of peace vs hate of pacifism, “And do not count the dead! For you, our country, not a man too many falls!”

In depth description of the stalking and shooting of a British sentry, discussion about marksmanship, relationship between the mentality of the ancient hunter and the mentality of the modern soldier

“Its equipment will be put to the proof and weighed up, its achievements, therefore, in science and industry in short, only the best and most fit will be in the running. Indisputable testimony will be given, in the discipline of large bodies of men and in the capacity of the command for bold organization on a large scale, of a nation's fitness for empire.” Junger on nations at war