History & The Arts
Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
...now has about 700 inmates. As many men as could well manage the journey have been sent home to be with their relatives at Christmas, but empty beds were quickly filled by fresh arrivals from the front. Since the war began the hospital has treated nearly nine thousand cases, of which 7,734 were wounded men from France. From: The Manchester Guardian, Christmas Eve 1914...