fighting-officers

Updated: September 26, 2025

One of my brigades has lost eighty-seven officers and two thousand men since the spring." He protested that there was not enough liaison between the fighting-officers and the Higher Command, and could not blame them for their hatred of "the Staff." They were left in the line for sixteen days before the battle and were shelled and gassed incessantly as they crouched in wet ditches.

Philip Gibbs - Now It Can Be Told