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Letters from Mesopotamia by Robert Palmer
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LETTERS FROM MESOPOTAMIA


IN 1915 AND JANUARY, 1916,
FROM ROBERT PALMER, WHO
WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF
UM EL HANNAH, JUNE 21, 1916
AGED 27 YEARS



_PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY_

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_He went with a draft from the 6th Hants to reinforce the
4th Hants. The 6th Hants had been in India since November,
1914._

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War deemed he hateful, for therein he saw
Passions unloosed in licence, which in man
Are the most evil, a false witness to
The faith of Christ. For when by settled plan,
To gratify the lustings of the few,
The peoples march to battle, then, the law

Of love forgotten, men come out to kill
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