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Рождественское чудо или Fraternizing Between the Lines
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. December 31, 1914
The Daily News publishes a letter from an officer in the Queen's Westminster Rifles describing an extraordinary Christmas truce:

Next day would have made a good chapter in Dicken's Christmas Carrol. It was, indeed, a tribute to the spirit of Christmas. Many of our chaps walked out and met the Germans between the lines. […] We exchanged souvenirs; I got a German ribbon and photo of the Crown Prince of Bavaria. The Germans opposite us were awfully decent fellows – Saxons, intelligent, respectable-looking men. I had a quite decent talk with three or four have two names and addresses in my notebook. […] After our talk I really think a lot of our newspaper reports must be horribly exaggerated.

@темы: Мир людей через микроскоп, из прошлого