Letter · 14 Jul 1916 · London, Great Britain and Ireland
A war of machinery
GS Richardson was a high-ranking military official who led a number of units (NZ and British) and was promoted through the war. For his bio, see: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3r16/richardson-george-spafford
Extracts from this letter
"The war is so stupendous that no one individual can tell you very much about it. The man at the front sees his own little bit. You on the other hand get news from all fronts ... On the whole I am of the opinion that we are now on the top ... The unfortunate part is that we have to lose so many lives in making up for our unreadiness..."
"It is now recognised that this is a war of machinery and that flesh and blood cannot stand against machine guns."
"The days are shortening again and we expect air raids over London again soon."
"You will be getting a lot of returned invalids soon as I expect to send away about 300 per month to N.Z."
