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Doing Our 'Bit' - Two Classic Accounts of the Men of Kitchener's 'New Army' During the Great War Including the First 100,000 & All in It (Hardcover, New)
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Doing Our 'Bit' - Two Classic Accounts of the Men of Kitchener's 'New Army' During the Great War Including the First 100,000 & All in It (Hardcover, New)
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The British regular army in the form of the 'Old Contemptibles' of
the B.E.F have proved no match in numbers-if not in spirit-to the
challenges of a Great War in Europe. More men were needed and Lord
Kitchener's finger, pointing out from the recruiting poster, made
that appeal directly and simply. A 'New Army' had to be quickly
formed. It would not be a professional army, but one formed of
citizens who would rally to the cause-ready to do their
'bit'-because their country needed them. Ian Hay Beith has written
two of the classic accounts of the first of these volunteer amateur
soldiers and they are brought together in this Leonaur book. They
provide an invaluable insight into the training and battlefield
field experiences of a 'new' Highland regiment from its early
encounters of trench warfare to the 'Big Push' at Loos and on to
the Somme. What makes them most memorable is the author's skill in
bringing to life its cast of characters from Captain Wagstaffe and
Lt. Bobby Little to a company of irrepressible 'Jocks' including
Mucklewame, Tosh, Cosh, Buncle, Nigg and others. Created in the
midst of the tragedies of the Western Front here is a well executed
and readable account filled with wry humour. Those familiar with
the fictitious 'MacAuslin' will find much to satisfy them in its
pages.
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