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"The Spirit of our Troops is Excellent."
Bruce Bairnsfather, the famous British officer and cartoonist, illustrated the soldiers' appreciation of rum with playful use of the word 'spirit'. Rum was a significant part of trench life in the First World War, serving as reward, medicine, and combat motivator.
"The Spirit of our Troops is Excellent," The "Bystander's" Fragments from France, p. 30,
D 526.2 B25 v.1
Hartland-Molson Library Collection
Bruce Bairnsfather, the famous British officer and cartoonist, illustrated the soldiers' appreciation of rum with playful use of the word 'spirit'. Rum was a significant part of trench life in the First World War, serving as reward, medicine, and combat motivator.
"The Spirit of our Troops is Excellent," The "Bystander's" Fragments from France, p. 30,
D 526.2 B25 v.1
Hartland-Molson Library Collection
