Heartbreak Battle - or the Horror of Neuve Chapelle, by Wilfred Ewart | 10 March 1915 | Episode 59
Published on 10 March 1915
Wilfred Ewart must always be remembered as one of the great war writers. He joined his regiment, the Scots Guards, in France in February 1915, and within a few weeks was plunged into the ghastly battle of Neuve Chapelle, a heartbreaking and costly failure. He survived the war, entered upon a distinguished literary career, and met his death in 1923 by a chance shot during a fiesta in Mexico City. His account of Neuve Chapelle is a masterpiece of descriptive prose.