When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting. — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
If there is anything I've learned, is that piety is smarter than hate, that mercy is preferable even to justice itself, that if you… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
“about the German boy's throat and tried to strangle him and to stop another dreadful cry. The second officer made haste. He thrust his… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square.… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
At all costs we must re-establish faith in spiritual values. We must worship something beyond ourselves, lest we destroy ourselves. — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
