Transcribers Note:
LETTERS FROM MESOPOTAMIA
IN 1915 AND JANUARY, 1916,
FROM ROBERT PALMER, WHO
WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF
UM EL HANNAH, JUNE 21, 1916
AGED 27 YEARS
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
He went with a draft from the 6th Hants
to reinforce the 4th Hants. The 6th Hants
had been in India since November, 1914.
War deemed he hateful, for therein he saw
Passions unloosed in licence, which in man
Are the most evil, a false witness to
The faith of Christ. For when by settled plan,
To gratify the lustings of the few,
The peoples march to battle, then, the law