I apologize for wandering from the subject, but Sigfried Sassoon's name reminded me of the 4 best WWI journals I have ever read: Sigfried Sasoon's Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, and Sherstons Progress. Also Robert Graves' Goodbye To All That. Sherston's Progress is about Sassoon's mental hospitalization following his refusal to return to the Front for a 3rd tour. It smells somewhat like the Soviet mental hospitalization of discidents except it preceded the Soviets by 20 years. Sassoon and Graves are mentioned in each others war books, and Graves includes a visit to Hardy in the 1920's...Hardy always seemed 19th Century to me. All 4 books are currently in Print by the Folio Society in London and in the US. Grave's book is available in soft binding, I think from Dover. Again..sorry for the diversion, but I do that a lot with aging. Regards from Larry PARISH