The Rear-Guard
Item
Title
The Rear-Guard
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Identifier
9786.jpg
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Creator
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)
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Abstract
Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections and explanations. He notes that this poem is a narrative of 'Hindenberg Trench'. The poem was written while Sassoon was in hospital in France recovering from a wound received at the battle of Arras in April 1916. The poem was published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918).
Date
23rd April 1916
Date Created
1912-04-22
Spatial Coverage
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Pen
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller