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Key dates over February 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 1

13th February 1916 - Letter gives details of conditions in prisoners camp

Rolling Casualty Count: 2753

At the Front:

1st Batt: Enemy even more noisy and Batt pounded by shells and aerial torpedoes. One division was so badly knocked about that a platoon was brought up at night from Bois Grenier for re-enforcement. The 24th Northumberland Fusiliers who came to the trenches with us under instruction, were ordered to withdraw to billets.

10th Batt: Batt, less A Coy, paraded for Divine Service with the 10th Royal Warwickshires and a Welsh Divisional Band.

At 2pm, A Coy fired 10 rounds per man into the trenches near Foret de Nieppe.

SMD RFA: Artillery active on both sides well into the night.

On the Home Front:

Conditions in prisoners camp in Germany

A Worcestershire resident has received the following letter from an exchanged prisoner of war (now in a military hospital):- "I have been at Stendal Camp in Germany......The food they gave us in Germany was not fit for pigs to eat. We got a drop of coffee, and at 5 am, one ration of black bread; 11 am. One bowl of soup; 6pm. One bowl of soup, but it is made of swedes, cabbage leaves, and herrings, and is terrible stuff to eat. I myself was one of the unfortunate ones in camp. A German Under Officer set a dog on me. On Dec 26th I had four very bad bites, and I have had my right arm disabled.’

Information researched by the WWW100 team.