Cornhill Magazine – Old Magazine Articles

Sharp-Shooting on the Western Front (Cornhill Magazine, 1919)

The attached remembrance of sniping on the Western Front was written by Major H. Hesketh-Pritchard, D.S.O, M.C. (author of Sniping in France 1914-18) and recalls the development and changes of sharp-shooting on both sides during the war. Pritchard broke down the scouting and sniper involvement on the Western Front into four phases:

Phase I (1914 – 1915): German snipers weigh heavily on Allied soldiers (Clear German advantage)

Phase II (1915 – 1916): British sniping organized (Advantage even)

Phase III (1916 – 1918): British sniper program takes off (Slight British Advantage)

Phase IV (1918 through to the Armistice): Allied Offensive takes effect (Snipers began scouting)

The Spirit of the War at Eton (Cornhill Magazine, 1918)

Published during the closing months of the war, the following five page article is a beautifully written account, by an Old Etonian illustrating the strange atmosphere felt on the Eton campus as a result of the Great War with all it’s sadness and uncertainty.

Click here if you would like to read a magazine article about World War I as it was experienced on the Harrow campus.

The Spirit of the War at Harrow (Cornhill Magazines, 1918)

Written as a companion piece for The Spirit of the War at Eton, the article gives an moving account as to how the war affected life on campus while Britain was taking such tremendous losses.