Philip Gibbs

During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#conflict #during #early #foreign #front

A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#arrest #been #black #books #france

But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#because #die #do you know #france #germans

But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

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I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#end #fear #fight #france #go

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry! ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#cavalry #chance #deep #defended #entrenched

It is better to give then to lend, and it costs about the same. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

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It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#any #battle #did #engaged #forces

It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#barred #city #companions #deserted #heels

It's better to give than to lend and it costs about the same. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#better #costs #give #lend #same