They made up some goals and one fellow went in goal and then it was just a general kick-about. One British fighter named Ernie Williams later described in an interview his recollection of some makeshift soccer play on what turned out to be an icy pitch: "The ball appeared from somewhere, I don't know where. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images Soldiers Play a Game of Soccer Soldiers playing soccer in No-Man's Land during the Christmas Truce in 1914. There was the devastating Russian defeat at Tannenberg in August 1914 and the German losses in the Battle of the Marne a week later. And bad news on both sides had left soldiers with plummeting morale. The Industrial Revolution had made it possible to mass-produce new and devastating tools for killing-among them fleets of airplanes and guns that could fire hundreds of rounds per minute. Not only would the war drag on for four more years, but it would prove to be the bloodiest conflict ever up to that time. When the war had begun just six months earlier, most soldiers figured it would be over quickly and they’d be home with their families in time for the holidays. Some accounts suggest a few of these unofficial truces remained in effect for days.įor those who participated, it was surely a welcome break from the hell they had been enduring. Starting on Christmas Eve, small pockets of French, German, Belgian and British troops held impromptu cease-fires across the Western Front, with reports of some on the Eastern Front as well. With the Myst threatening to eradicate all that is pure and magickal, Brigid struggling to understand her own powers, and Morgan's ever growing attitude, the fate of Amberlight Valley rests in the hands of a thirteen-year old, inexperienced witch.And it wasn’t confined to that one battlefield. including The Amberlight Stone, the source of magick for the Valley. It has been said that the Myst is like a creature protecting itself from the light of the valley, with the desire to consume everything which falls into its path. Only when the moon is waxing to become full on Halloween, will The Stygian Myst be able to return. They discover the myths and legends of Amberlight Valley are not myths at all, learning a dark force will return soon. Things take a strange turning point once they are assigned as science partners, and stumble upon what could only be a magick spell. The dark and moody princess of Amberlight Valley Middle School, seems to have a deep interest in the tease and torment of our ginger-haired heroine. In the midst of the whirlwind that is her life, Brigid must endure the taunts of Morgan Asarligt. Middle school is hard enough for Brigid Baelfyre, working through the recent loss of her father while attempting to make the first Christmas away from Scotland special for her and her mother. After moving to the mysterious and magickal, Amberlight Valley, a young girl discovers magickal powers of her own.
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