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Despatch Rider - The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in Europe (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R693
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Despatch Rider - The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in...

Despatch Rider - The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in Europe (Hardcover, New)

W.H.L. Watson

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A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels
When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the 'Contemptible Little Army' that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower.

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Imprint: Leonaur Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2008
First published: 2008
Authors: W.H.L. Watson
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 176
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84677-384-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-84677-384-9
Barcode: 9781846773846

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