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This episode is a reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", the famous cartoonist, written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 22 - A DAYLIGHT STALK - THE DISUSED TRENCH - "DID THEY SEE ME?" - A GOOD SNIPING POSITION

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This episode is a reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", the famous cartoonist, written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 21- BACK FROM LEAVE - THAT "BLINKIN' MOON" - JOHNSON 'OLES - TOMMY AND "FRIGHTFULNESS"- EXPLORING EXPEDITION

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This episode is a reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", the famous cartoonist, written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 20 - BACK FROM LEAVE - THAT "BLINKIN' MOON" - JOHNSON 'OLES - TOMMY AND "FRIGHTFULNESS"- EXPLORING EXPEDITION

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In this episode we continue our panoramic overview of the whole of the Great War with an overview of the events of 1917 in this latest 1914-1918 War Podcast episode.

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A reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 19 - VISIONS OF LEAVE - DICK TURPIN - LEAVE!

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A reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 18 - THE PAINTER AND DECORATOR - FRAGMENTS FORMING - NIGHT ON THE MUD PRAIRIE

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A reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 17 - WULVERGHEM - THE DOUVE - CORDUROY BOARDS - BACK AT OUR FARM

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A reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 16 - NEW TRENCHES - THE NIGHT INSPECTION - LETTER FROM THE "BYSTANDER

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After a delay caused by summer holidays and a brush with the plague, we continue out panoramic overview of the whole of the Great War with a walk through the events of 1916 in this latest 1914-1918 War Podcast episode.

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A reading from Bruce Bairnsfather's book "Bullets and Billets", written in 1916 and covering his first experiences of war on the Western Front.

Chapter 15 - ARRIVAL OF THE "JOHNSONS"—"WHERE DID THAT ONE GO?"—THE FIRST FRAGMENT DISPATCHED—THE EXODUS—WHERE?

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