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"The General" written by Siegfried Sassoon, an infantry officer on the Western Front in 1917. source based questions
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History Coursework: Source Questions Q.3 Source C is a poem called "The General" and is written by Siegfried Sassoon, an infantry officer on the Western Front in 1917. He criticises the war effort and the plan of attack the Generals used (going over the top). He comments on two particular soldiers (Harry and Jack) who were killed as a result of the Generals ordering them to go over the top: "But he did for them both by his plan of attack." So it could be said that Sassoon is blaming the General for Harry and Jack's death. Of course there were many like Harry and Jack who got wounded or killed when they went over the top. Siegfried Sassoon enlisted as soon as the war had been declared. However, after spending a long period at the Front, he got wounded and was sent home. But he became convinced that the war was...
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