12 January 1916: The sport of rat-catching,for a halfpenny a time, has proved very celebrated among the men at the frontThe following despatch has been received from Mr. Warner Allen, or the British press representative with the French armies on the western front:-
There has recently been some controversy in the French press as to the precautions that maintain been taken to protect the men in the trenches from the discomforts and hardships of the winter. The matter is admittedly a very important one,and it is perhaps hard for the civilian behind the lines to realise its full significance and difficulty. final year the hardships of the trenches were unspeakable, but this year much has been done to make the existence of the men who are holding back the Barbarian more tolerable.
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Source: theguardian.com