The Stark Horror of Sanctuary Wood, by Corporal John Lucy | 11 November 1914 | Episode 49
Published on 11 November 1914
In this grim picture of the horrors of war Corporal Lucy tells of the fighting around Sanctuary Wood on November 11, 1914, a most critical day in the history of the First Ypres battle, when the most violent attacks of the German army were resisted. Corporal (later Captain) Lucy tells also how he first encountered men of the London Territorial battalions now thrown into the tortured battle line.