War Diaries (January 19) (nonfiction)
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War Diary entries for January 19
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Benjamin Gilbert: January 19, 1779
Extream Cold. I took a Portion of Physiack which worried me Very much. In the after noon it snowd. I grow Worse Very fast.
—Benjamin Gilbert, soldier (diary)
The reports of illness disappear from Gilbert's diary by the middle of March 1779.
- Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org
George Beck: January 19, 1943
Today our guard, Otto Hauet left us, he has been with us since June 03, best German I’ve ever met and him and his wife did a lot for us. Latest news “our eighth army has been repulsed in their attacks. Russia still pushing forward and doing well. Ill in bed since yesterday.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
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External links
- Benjamin Gilbert @ historyisfun.org
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm