“The combination of slaughter, human despair, and mud became the pivotal experience of the war.”
Edward Smout, a man apart of the Australian Medial Corps in 1917, speaks of the devastation that wrecked the trenches. He speaks of watching his own men sink in mud, unable to break free, only to finally die – drowned.
“Just a waste land, as far you could see, and that would be the worst, there was nothing, it was empty land as far as the eye could see.” While Edward Smout talks of the scenery of the war, we are shown images of the vast and barren landscape where trenches are filled with water, rubble is scattered and horses are on the ground.
Edward Smout, a man apart of the Australian Medial Corps in 1917, speaks of the devastation that wrecked the trenches. He speaks of watching his own men sink in mud, unable to break free, only to finally die – drowned.
“Just a waste land, as far you could see, and that would be the worst, there was nothing, it was empty land as far as the eye could see.” While Edward Smout talks of the scenery of the war, we are shown images of the vast and barren landscape where trenches are filled with water, rubble is scattered and horses are on the ground.
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