A commentary and a question, in the form of a very brief article:
“What were they doing?”
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Jews in The Black Watch
“BONNIER LADS AND BRAVER I DON’T WISH TO SEE”
The Jewish Chronicle
September 11, 1914
Somebody asked a question about the Jews – what were they doing? A Highlander broke in sharply, “Doing? Well, their duty. We had three with us, and bonnier lads and braver I don’t wish to see. They fought just splendid!”
There was a private of the Berkshire Regiment with the Highlanders, and he also had a good word to say of the Jews at the Front. “We had ten in our company,” he remarked, “all good fighters, and six won’t be seen again. So don’t say a word against the Jews!”