With the Guns: Two First Hand Accounts of British Gunners at War in Europe During World War 1- Three Years in France with the Guns and With the British Guns in Italy - Couverture rigide

Rose, C A; Dalton, Hugh

 
9781846772696: With the Guns: Two First Hand Accounts of British Gunners at War in Europe During World War 1- Three Years in France with the Guns and With the British Guns in Italy
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ISBN 10 : 1846772699 ISBN 13 : 9781846772696
Editeur : Leonaur Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Two books in one volume-two first hand accounts by British subalterns in contrasting theatres of the Great War The first of the books in this double volume tells of the activities of a battery of the Royal Field Artillery-one of the many horse drawn units of guns and gunners who fought an arduous, heroic, dangerous and often tragic war on the Western Front during World War 1, often trading shell for shell with the German Artillery. The words of the author, a young artillery officer, draw the reader into the heart of the intimate group that constituted the gun battery. The story of him, his brother officers and their men embraces the battles of Loos, the Ypres Salient, Messines, Third Ypres, Cambrai, Arras and finally the breakthrough of the allied armies at the Hindenburg Line which heralded the end of the war in 1918. In the second book we learn about the largely unreported contribution the British made towards the Italian war effort. As a member of one of ten batteries of artillery sent to Italy in 1917, the author served in the campaign in the Alps including the actions at Isonzo, Piave and the retreat from Caporetto. Present on the Italian front until the rout of the Austrians in the Veneto and final victory, he provides rare information about the British at war on this 'sideshow' front, valuable details about guns and battery life and an insight into the personalities and activities of his Italian allies With the Guns brings the campaigns of the field gunners back to life for modern readers.

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Éditeur
Leonaur Ltd
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1846772699
ISBN 13 
9781846772696
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781846772702: With the Guns: Two First Hand Accounts of British Gunners at War in Europe During World War 1- Three Years in France with the Guns and With the British Guns in Italy

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ISBN 10 :  1846772702 ISBN 13 :  9781846772702
Editeur : Leonaur Ltd, 2007
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