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The Old Front Line

Author : John Masefield
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844154459
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by John Masefield and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-05-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 1st 1916 is a date that remains embedded in the British folk memory. It was the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the day on which British and Empire troops suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, a third of them fatal. In this evocative classic memoir John Masefield, the future Poet Laureate, describes the battleground over which the armies were to fight. He had spent months at the front and was familiar with the men, the trenches that they inhabited and the conditions that they endured. 'The Old Front Line' was written shortly after the battle, and this elegant account will still move the modern reader as well as providing a valuable guide for the many 21st century visitors to the battlefield. This edition has a powerful new Introduction by Martin Middlebrook.

The Old Front Line

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003311
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by Stephen Bull and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that the last veterans are gone, the First World War is now a completely historical subject—governed by archaeology and genealogy, battlefield tourism and military history. The anguish and privations are a bit further away, but there is still huge interest in the awful conditions and carnage endured by a generation of youth who sacrificed their lives for their country. “The Old Front Line” is a phrase first coined by the poet John Masefield when he looked back on the battle of the Somme from a distance of just one year, in 1917, and speculated how the Western Front might look in the future. Stephen Bull’s copiously illustrated work—part travel guide, part popular history—a century on, answers his speculations. The main source material is new and contemporary photographs, as well as some from the intervening century. Taken together these provide a series of exciting vistas and informative details that tell the story of the battles and landscapes. Aerial photography, old and new ground shots—and in a few cases even images taken underground—provide an authoritative summary of the war on the Western Front. Following an introduction that sets the scene and looks at the early stages of the war, eight chapters examine the Western Front geographically, looking closely at the main areas of fighting and what is visible today: not just the “iron harvest”—the scars left by trench and battle—but also the cemeteries, war memorials and statues that remind the visitor starkly of the loss of a generation.

The Old Front Line

Author : John Masefield
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by John Masefield and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Front Line" by John Masefield. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Old Front Line

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Then & Now (History Press)
ISBN 13 : 9781612002309
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by Stephen Bull and published by Then & Now (History Press). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Old Front Line" is a phrase first coined by the poet John Masefield when he looked back on the battle of the Somme from a distance of just one year, in 1917, and speculated how the Western Front might look in the future. Stephen Bull's copiously illustrated work--part travel guide, part popular history--a century on, answers his speculations. Th

The Old Front Line

Author : John Masefield
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499703443
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by John Masefield and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This description of the old front line, as it was when the Battle of the Somme began, may some day be of use. All wars end; even this war will some day end, and the ruins will be rebuilt and the field full of death will grow food, and all this frontier of trouble will be forgotten. When the trenches are filled in, and the plough has gone over them, the ground will not long keep the look of war. One summer with its flowers will cover most of the ruin that man can make, and then these places, from which the driving back of the enemy began, will be hard indeed to trace, even with maps. It is said that even now in some places the wire has been removed, the explosive salved, the trenches filled, and the ground ploughed with tractors. In a few years' time, when this war is a romance in memory, the soldier looking for his battlefield will find his marks gone. Centre Way, Peel Trench, Munster Alley, and these other paths to glory will be deep under the corn, and gleaners will sing at Dead Mule Corner.

The Old Front Line (Classic Reprint)

Author : John Masefield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332336951
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line (Classic Reprint) written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Front Line This description of the old front line, as it was when the Battle of the Somme began, may some day be of use. All wars end; even this war will some day end, and the ruins will be rebuilt and the field full of death will grow food, and all this frontier of trouble will be forgotten. When the trenches are filled in, and the plough has gone over them, the ground will not long keep the look of war. One summer with its flowers will cover most of the ruin that man can make, and then these places, from which the driving back of the enemy began, will be hard indeed to trace, even with maps. It is said that even now in some places the wire has been removed, the explosive salved, the trenches filled, and the ground ploughed with tractors. In a few years time, when this war is a romance in memory, the soldier looking for his battlefield will find his marks gone. Centre Way, Peel Trench, Munster Alley, and these other paths to glory will be deep under the corn, and gleaners will sing at Dead Mule Corner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles," authored anonymously, delves into the rich and storied history of this esteemed regiment. While the author remains unknown, the book likely offers a comprehensive account of the regiment's formation, its role in significant events, and the valor of its members. Military enthusiasts and historians will find this work invaluable for understanding the contributions of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles to the broader context of military history.

First Over There

Author : Matthew J. Davenport
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466860278
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book First Over There written by Matthew J. Davenport and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of America's first modern military battle, its first military victory during World War One, and its first steps onto the world stage At first light on Tuesday, May 28th, 1918, waves of American riflemen from the U.S. Army's 1st Division climbed from their trenches, charged across the shell-scarred French dirt of no-man's-land, and captured the hilltop village of Cantigny from the grip of the German Army. Those who survived the enemy machine-gun fire and hand-to-hand fighting held on for the next two days and nights in shallow foxholes under the sting of mustard gas and crushing steel of artillery fire. Thirteen months after the United States entered World War I, these 3,500 soldiers became the first "doughboys" to enter the fight. The operation, the first American attack ever supported by tanks, airplanes, and modern artillery, was ordered by the leader of America's forces in Europe, General John "Black Jack" Pershing, and planned by a young staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, who would fill the lead role in World War II twenty-six years later. Drawing on the letters, diaries, and reports by the men themselves, Matthew J. Davenport's First Over There tells the inspiring, untold story of these soldiers and their journey to victory on the Western Front in the Battle of Cantigny. The first American battle of the "war to end all wars" would mark not only its first victory abroad, but the birth of its modern Army.

The West Yorkshire Regiment in the War 1914-1918 Vol 1

Author : Everard Wyrall
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781506434
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The West Yorkshire Regiment in the War 1914-1918 Vol 1 written by Everard Wyrall and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another weighty regimental history, two volumes, 820 pages in all covering the record of twenty-two battalions in France, Flanders, Italy and Gallipoli (all of them served on the Western Front). When war broke out the regiment consisted of two Regular battalions (1st and 2nd), two Special Reserve (3rd and 4th) and four Territorial battalions (5th to 8th); the 1st Battalion went to France with 6th Division in September 1914, the 2nd Battalion came home from Malta to join the newly formed 8th Division (Regular) and went to France in November 1914. Both battalions remained in the same brigades (18th and 23rd) and divisions throughout the war. The four Territorial battalions each formed a 2nd and a 3rd line battalion; the four original battalions made up the 146th Brigade, 49th (West Riding) Division, arriving in France in April 1915, the second line battalions combined to make the 185th Brigade, 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division which arrived in France in January 1917. Kitchener's call to arms resulted in eleven Service battalions being raised, 9th to 18th (the 17th was formed as a Bantam battalion) and 21st; of these only 13th and 14th did not go on active service. The 21st Battalion became a Pioneer battalion in 4th Division and the 22nd was a Labour battalion which also went to France. This history records events in chronological order, the dates of the operations being described are shown in the margin as are the identities of the battalions involved. Volume 1 (x + 355pp with 18 maps and 15 b/w photos) covers the period from the outbreak of war to the end of 1916, the close of the Somme offensive and includes the Dardanelles campaign where the 9th Battalion was in action with the 11th (Northern) Division. On 1st July 1916, the first day of the Somme, the 10th Battalion attacked at Fricourt and incurred the heaviest casualties of any battalion - 710, of whom 307 were killed including the CO, 2IC, adjutant and two company commanders. More than half of them are in in Fricourt New Military Cemetery which is in the No Man's Land across which they attacked and where they died. The CO (Lt Col Dickson) and his adjutant (Capt Shann) lie side by side. There is a Roll of Honour for the period covered in which the other ranks are listed alphabetically by battalions as are the Territorial battalion officers; the other officers are shown in one group in alphabetical order with the battalion number in front of the name. Although the note at the head of the officer casualty list states that the theatre in which death occurred is France and Flanders unless otherwise indicated, nonetheless 'Gallipoli' is not shown against the names of the officers of the 9th Battalion who died there, and so one is left with the wrong impression they died on the Western front.

The Lion and the Rose

Author : Kevin Shannon
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lion and the Rose written by Kevin Shannon and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lion and the Rose tells the story of an infantry battalion in the Great War. Based on many unpublished sources, the book narrates the individual parts played by nearly 2,000 of those who served with the 4th King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment from the day that war was declared in 1914 until the armistice in 1918 and in a few cases, the stories of men whose war continued long afterwards. The battalion first saw action in Festubert in May 1915 and went on to fight on the Somme, the Ypres Salient and Gillemont Farm, though the battalion’s epic stand at Givenchy on 9 April 1918 must rate as one of the greatest defensive actions of the war. Using contemporary combat reports, many of the major actions are described down to individual platoon level. The Lion and the Rose does not just concentrate on the major battles, but also examines everyday life in the trenches. Appendices give the most complete battalion roll to date and list those awarded medals for their bravery and also those nominated unsuccessfully for recognition. Illustrations: 28 black-and-white photographs and 13 in-text maps

The Gas Attacks

Author : John Lee
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844159299
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Gas Attacks written by John Lee and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mist of poisonous gas that drifted across no man's land from the German trenches opposite the Ypres salient on 22 April 1915 caused ghastly casualties and suffering among the unprepared defenders, and it opened up a huge seven-mile gap in the defensive line. It also signalled the beginning of a new and frightful era of industrialized warfare. John Lee's graphic and perceptive reassessment of this milestone in the history of the Great War - and of the gruelling full-scale battle that followed - is one of the few full-length studies of the event to have been published in recent times.

The United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919

Author : United States Historical Division (Army).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 written by United States Historical Division (Army). and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Old Front Line

Author : John Masefield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Old Front Line written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the 17th (Northern) Division

Author : Andrew Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book History of the 17th (Northern) Division written by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House documents

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sussex Yeomanry and 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1919

Author : Herbert Ivor Powell Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sussex Yeomanry and 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1919 written by Herbert Ivor Powell Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Military History of Ohio

Author : A. Parsons Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military History of Ohio written by A. Parsons Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: