In London (England), on he 23rd December 2014, a british soldier wrote a letter to his mother during the First World War and was published on the 17th December 2014. The consequence of this letter was the high fire of Christmas between german and british soldiers in 1974.
The soldier that wrote that letter to his mother was Alfred Dougan Chater. In the letter, he explained how the people was killed during that war.
This was the beggining of the letter that Alfred Dougan Chater wrote. It's supposed to be written into two parts: the first one on Christmas day while the second one the 27th December.
"I write this in the trenches, in my "retreat" with a wood fire and a pile of straw (...) despite the hard and true cold Christmas"
This was the beggining of the letter that Alfred Dougan Chater wrote. It's supposed to be written into two parts: the first one on Christmas day while the second one the 27th December.
"I write this in the trenches, in my "retreat" with a wood fire and a pile of straw (...) despite the hard and true cold Christmas"
"I think today I witnessed one of the most extraordinary spectacles that nobody has ever seen . Around 10 am , he was leaning over the parapet , when I saw a German waving his arms and immediately two of them out of his trench and approaching ours. “ That is how the letter continues.
According to the letter of Chater, the british soldiers were prepared to shoot to he german ones when they go unarmed. " One of our men went to him and in a couple of minutes , the ground between the two lines of trenches was swarming with men and officers of both sides , shaking hands and wishing each other a Merry Christmas ."
"We exchanged cigarettes and autographs , and some took pictures "
" I do not know how long it will last ... Anyway , let's have another lull in the New Year,as the Germans want to see how come the pictures! "
The publication of this letter comes a week after the match played in the british city of Aldershot, between german and british soldiers, in commemoration of the meeting between the members of the two trenches in Christmas of 1914.
Chater was hurt three months after, but he survived to get married with his girlfriend. And he finally died in England in 1974.
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