His Last Bow: 31 July 1917

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Canon Story: His Last Bow
Title: 31 July 1917 (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G
I realise technically it would not have been possible for Watson to write this entry.

Another battle has begun in Ypres.  Let us hope it will be over more quickly and with greater success than those before it.  I believe they are headed for the village of Passchendaele.  I can but pray it will be captured with little loss of life, for so many have already lost either life or limb in this never-ending war.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Harrowing final note!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I think Watson rapidly lost any enthusiasm he might have had about this war.

I wanted to acknowledge the date.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A terrible war, and a sad note for us to have to end on.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

The east wind took much - including a lot of Watson's optimism. And I did want to acknowledge the date.

ETA: It could have been worse - the entry could have begun "It is with great regret ..."

[debriswoman]

So sad...at a time when there was hope for less carnage.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Quite - and all it's remembered for now is the mud.

[sanguinity]

A prayer that wasn't answered. :-(

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Sadly not.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Ach. A sorrowful centennial.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

One more to add to the collection.