"Ad Astra", 424 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2018-04-24 18:34
Text: 
"Ad Astra"
Location: 
Western Front Inset: Trenches in "Ad Astra" (Location)
Page Number: 
424
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
"My people. The English gave them rifles. They looked
Page Event Ends: 
425
Era: 
World War I(1914-1919)
Characters Present: 
Das
Unnamed British Officers
Unnamed Indian Troops
Unnamed Subadar
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1915 to Sunday, November 10, 1918
Summary: 

To demonstrate why "different nations should never join forces" in a war, the subadar tells a story about the battalion of Indian troops with whom he was stationed (424). They thought of the rifles they were given as ineffective "spears," but managed even with unloaded weapons to overrun a German position - though only a score survived (425).

Chronological Order: 
6.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
War:Trench warfare Cultural difference Race:Interracial relations
Cultural Issues:
History›Colonization

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