[Civil War Christmas] http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december_2002.htm CHRISTMAS. The 1914 Christmas Truce. On Christmas Day 1914, the first Christmas of The Great War, an amazing cessation of hostilities took place in some sections of the British front line. This is an account of the truce in the Sailly – Armentiers sector manned by George ANDERSON, George GORDON, William MILNE, Alexander PINE and their comrades of 6th Batallion, The Gordon Highlanders. The account is taken from The Sixth Gordons in France and Flanders, published 1921. http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-1918_files/xmas-truce.htm Previously published in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 7, No. 50, 16 December 2002 http://www.petuniapress.com