A postcard that was printed in Great Britain and published by R. Parry of Bettws-y-Coed.
The card was posted in Bettws-y-Coed using a halfpenny stamp on Wednesday the 12th. September 1917. It was sent to:
Miss Blanche Le Marchant, Little Rissington Rectory, Bourton-on-the-Water.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Hope you are all right again and no longer in bed. This is one of the places where I fish, but all the fish have gone away. D. C. Le M."
The Le Marchant Family
The 1891 census reveals that the Rev. Robert Le Marchant had nine adult daughters living in the rectory, along with his wife Eliza:
-- Annie M, 39 -- Emma M, 36 -- Alice E, 34 -- Helena F, 29 -- Dora C, 28 -- Florence G, 26 -- Beatrice E, 25 -- Blanche E, 22, imbecile from childhood -- Ethel M, 19.
There were also three domestic staff:
-- Emma Welch, 24, ladys maid -- Mary Chamberlain, 24, cook -- Ellen Wood, 16, housemaid.
The daughters were said to be somewhat eccentric; the size and composition of the household was so unusual that a book has been written about the family by Michael Boyes entitled 'A Victorian Rector and Nine Old Maids' (2005).
The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
So what else happened on the day that Dora posted the card to her sister Blanche?
Well, on the 12th. September 1917, the Italian offensive against Austria-Hungary along Isonzo River in northern Italy ended with some key Austro-Hungarian defenses remaining unconquered.
Italy suffered massive casualties, with 30,000 dead, 108,000 wounded, and 20,000 missing or taken prisoner.
Austria-Hungary had 20,000 dead, 45,000 wounded, 30,000 missing, and 20,000 taken prisoner.
The End of a Mutiny
Also on that day, a force of 400 men from the Honourable Artillery Company ended the mutiny of British soldiers at the Étaples base in France.
The Sinking of a Submarine
Also on the 12th. September 1917, German submarine SM U-45 was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy submarine HMS D7 with the loss of 43 of her 45 crew.
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