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My Seventy-Five - The Journal of a French Gunner, August-September 1914 (Paperback)
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My Seventy-Five - The Journal of a French Gunner, August-September 1914 (Paperback)
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Despite the huge contribution of the French Army towards the Allied
war effort during the Great War, curiously little has been
published in English concerning it. Thus, Helion are pleased to
bring back into print one of the finest Great War memoirs by a
soldier of any army, the journal of French gunner Paul Lintier,
covering the tumultuous events of August and September 1914. A
talented young writer (he had already had three small books
published before the outbreak of war), Lintier served in the French
44th Artillery Regiment from 1913 until his death at the front in
1916. His account covers the outbreak of war, mobilization, his
unit's first clash with the Germans at Virton on 22 August, the
subsequent British and French withdrawal culminating in the
'miracle of the Marne', and the Battle of the Aisne, ending with
his wounding during the latter battle on 22 September. Beautifully
written, his account conveys, amongst other things, the
little-known French experience of the discouraging and exhausting
retreat? from the advancing Germans, as well as the strains
experienced by men and horses at the limits of their endurance. The
fact that Lintier wrote it as a daily journal provides a fresh
immediacy missing in many later accounts. A further posthumous
volume of memoirs covering his service during 1915 and 1916 (until
his death in action) was also published in French, and Helion hope
to issue a translation of this in due course. Key sales points:
Superb firsthand account of the French view of the opening months
of the war on the Western Front 1914, The author was a published
writer before the war, and his immediate and engaging writing
convey the remarkable and unique atmosphere of the 'open warfare'
fought during August and September 1914, Sheds much light on the
hitherto-neglected French Army of the Great War. Helion Library of
the Great War - a series designed to bring into print rare books
long out-of-print, as well as producing translations of important
and overlooked material that will contribute to our knowledge of
this conflict.
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