Her 'Duty to Animals' has become a class book in the schools of the midland counties, and she was one of the first among those noble-hearted men and women who have endeavoured to introduce a greater degree of humanity into our treatment of animals.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
West of Lens some midland troops stormed and gained a line of trenches which belong to the main defences of the city, and north of it there was a big raid which caused great loss of life to the enemy.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
His assaulting troops drove first at the midland men south of the Roulers railway, and the Sherwoods and Northamptons tried to hold their line by rifle-fire, Lewis-gun fire, and bombs.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs