Hi Glade,

Thanks for mentioning the book "Silent Night", have read it and it was extremely interesting. The impression given of a sort of "universal" truce breaking out over the Christmas period 1914 is shown to be incorrect, it only occured sporadically along the line and depended on which regiments were facing each other. I liked the bit in the book where the Germans warned the British that they were about to be relieved by a Prussian Regiment who might not go along with the "truce". Another where the occupants of both sets of trenches were ordered to fight and came to a common understanding that while both would still fire, the shots would be fired into the air or in such a way that they would not cause any casualties.

It is a very good read - highly recommended.