Author: William Henry Lowe WatsonPublisher: Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
Author: William Henry Lowe WatsonPublisher: Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Brentano's Book Chat
Author: Call to Arms
Author: Charles MessengerPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780227590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army coped with and adapted to the enormous challenges and pressures of the First World War -- the first major continental war that the army had had to fight for almost a hundred years. Following the course of the War, both on the Western Front and in other theatres, Charles Messenger tells how the British Army managed the challenges of command, training, technology and new weapons of war. He examines officer selection, medicine, discipline, the manpower crisis of 1918, the integration of women into the forces and many other topics. Based on years of original research, this will become the standard work of reference on the organization and administration of the biggest army Britain has ever put into the field.
Blackwood's Magazine
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Author: Brian N. HallPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107170559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This book reveals the impact of communications on the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
A Company of Tanks
Author: W. H. L. WatsonPublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730970011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Company of Tanks written by by W. H. L. Watson. This book was published in 1920. This book has 18 chapters. The village of Locon lies five miles out from Bethune, on the Estaires road. Now it is broken by the war: in October 1916 it was as comfortable and quiet a village as any four miles behind the line. If you had entered it at dusk, when the flashes of the guns begin to show, and passed by the square and the church and that trap for despatch-riders where the chemin-de-fer vicinal crosses to the left of the road from the right, you would have come to a scrap of orchard on your left where the British cavalrymen are buried who fell in 1914. Perhaps you would not have noticed the graves, because they were overgrown and the wood of the crosses was coloured green with lichen. Beyond the orchard was a farm with a garden in front, full of common flowers, and a flagged path to the door.
Educational Foundations
Author: The North Irish Horse in the Great War
Author: Phillip TardifPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473833752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Sent to France in August 1914, the North Irish Horse (NIH) was the first British reservist regiment to see action Ð at Le Cateau Ð before fighting as rearguard on the long retreat to the outskirts of Paris. Over the next four years they fought with distinction, playing a role in many of the major battles, including Ypres, Somme, Passchendaele and Cambrai, and were heavily involved in the final Advance to Victory.?How fitting that this, the first history of this famous cavalry Regiment's superb record in The Great War, should be published to coincide with the centenary of the conflict. It not only describes the Regiment's actions by squadron but concentrates on the officers and men; their backgrounds, motivation and courageous deeds and sacrifices. The author places the Regiment's achievement in the context of the overall war and reflects on the effect that unfolding political events in Ireland had on the Regiment and its members.?The North Irish Horse in the Great War draws on a wealth of primary source material, much unpublished including war diaries, personal accounts, letters and memoirs. In addition to compiling this long overdue account of the NIH, the author succeeds in painting a valuable picture of The Great War at the fighting end.
New Directions in Travel Writing Studies
Author: Paul SmethurstPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137457252
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This collection focuses attention on theoretical approaches to travel writing, with the aim to advance the discourse. Internationally renowned, as well as emerging, scholars establish a critical milieu for travel writing studies, as well as offer a set of exemplars in the application of theory to travel writing.