Rats came up from the canal, fed on the plentiful corpses, and multiplied exceedingly. While I stayed here with the Welch, a new officer joined the company and, in token of welcome, was given a dug-out containing a spring bed. When he turned in that
night he heard a scuffling, shone his torch on the bed, and found two rats on his blanket tussling for the possession of a severed
hand."
- Capt. Robert Graves' Autobiography, Goodbye To All That
After reading this short excerpt. what are your thoughts on WW1? What can you predict was going on during the war and did
those outside enemy lines understand what was going on?