Project Gutenberg 2005-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 75 Kilpatrick, James Alexander 14021627 Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Irma Spehar, Stacy Brown Thellend, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters" by James Alexander Kilpatrick is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work presents the perspectives and experiences of British soldiers during World War I, primarily through their personal letters. The letters illuminate the soldiers’ daily lives, heroism, and emotional responses against the backdrop of the battles they faced, giving readers insight into the human side of the war. At the start of the book, the author sets the stage for the journey of Tommy Atkins and his comrades as they head to the front lines. The atmosphere is one of spirited eagerness, with soldiers imbued with a sense of purpose as they sing and share moments of joy during their transport to battle. The opening passages emphasize the enthusiasm of the British troops upon landing in France, highlighting the warm reception they receive from grateful locals while foreshadowing the hardships ahead. The juxtaposition of exhilaration with the grim realities of war is evident as soldiers begin to contemplate the true nature of their conflict, preparing to face the chaos and danger that lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. Army -- Military life D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 179347 179050 2024-10-07T11:46:07.261113 2023-09-07T11:59:12.559891 text/html text/html 179686 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 68613 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 166566 2024-10-07T11:46:14.933113 application/epub+zip 167751 2024-10-07T11:46:11.182094 application/epub+zip 128744 2024-10-07T11:46:09.789149 application/epub+zip 390981 2024-10-07T11:46:17.589102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375768 2024-10-07T11:46:14.007102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232673 2022-09-08T06:53:13.539924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163771 163525 2024-10-07T11:46:06.812145 2023-09-07T11:59:12.227902 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 163282 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64297 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 163290 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64281 2020-12-12T12:54:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21654 2024-10-07T11:46:17.722073 application/rdf+xml 23011 2024-10-07T11:46:10.341146 image/jpeg 5005 2024-10-07T11:46:10.066130 image/jpeg 163811 2024-10-07T11:46:07.277128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog