The first snow in Flanders, 1914. Sir John French wrote that 'on the afternoon of November 19, 1914 there was a heavy fall of snow.' Hugh Gibson, Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, wrote that on or about November 19, 'it was snowing beautifully when I woke up, a light, dry snow that lay on the ground. It has been coming down gently all day and the town is a lovely sight, but I can't get out of my mind the thought of those poor beggars out in the trenches.'
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"This morning it was snowing beautifully when I woke up, a light, dry snow that lay on the ground. It has been coming down gently all day and the town is a lovely sight, but I can't get out of my mind the thought of those poor beggars out in the trenches. It seems wicked to be comfortable before a good fire with those millions of men suffering as they are out at the front."
Hugh Gibson, Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, and writing from there on or about November 19, 1914. British Commander Sir John French wrote 'on the afternoon of November 19 there was a heavy fall of snow.'
A Journal from our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson, copyright © Copyright, 1917, by Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, publication date: 1917
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