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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 an (Paperback)
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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 an (Paperback)
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Loot Price R576
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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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