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The Man Who Saved Paris - Roger West's Ride (Paperback)
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The Man Who Saved Paris - Roger West's Ride (Paperback)
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A vivid account of the opening weeks of war by a volunteer despatch
rider who may have prevented a swift German victory. Of
Anglo-German stock, Roger West was conflicted when the war broke
out but volunteered out of the strong sense of duty that was
characteristic of his class. His linguistic skills led to his being
commissioned into the Intelligence Corps but he was seconded as a
despatch rider to the 19th Brigade, which bore a great brunt of the
fighting in the first few weeks in 1914. West was in the thick of
things despite being crippled with a badly-damaged foot, often
riding round the clock, delivering despatches and directing and
assisting soldiers separated from their units and disoriented
stragglers. Discovering that a critical bridge had been left open
to the German advance he volunteered to ride back and blow it up,
preventing the retreating Fifth French Army from being taken in the
flank, something that could have fulfilled the Schlieffen Plan's
aims and won the war for Germany.
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