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Words of those who fought in the first battles of the First World
War
In the early summer of 1914, apparently unconcerned by the
gathering storm and the colossal building of military might in
Germany, the British regular army, reduced in numbers and not
having fought a major conflict for over a decade, was at peace in
its garrisons. When German troops marched through Belgium and
attacked France, the British Expeditionary Force was hastily
created and for British soldiers the transition from peace to
mobilisation and transportation to the battle line happened within
a matter of days. It is astonishing that the 'Contemptible Little
Army' was not instantly enveloped by the advancing Germans who
outnumbered them-often by much more than five to one. Some are
jingoistic about the British Army of the day being 'the best army
in the world, ' however, the battle fought at Mons, the retreat to
the Marne, the skilful command of the British staff and the dogged
resistance of troops, who inflicted causalities on the enemy
totally disproportionate to their strength, speaks for itself. The
outcome was inevitable though and by the early months of 1915 the
B. E. F. had all but been destroyed. Its tenacity had, however,
earned the British sufficient time to build a new army, defence and
response. This unique Leonaur centenary volume includes two works
that bring to life the lives of British soldiers who fought through
the events of 1914. The first contains dozens of narratives from
soldiers at the sharp end of war, while the second is specifically
about the first hand experiences of one officer. This is an
essential book for those wishing to understand the impact of the
early days of war on those who experienced it.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Words of those who fought in the first battles of the First World
War
In the early summer of 1914, apparently unconcerned by the
gathering storm and the colossal building of military might in
Germany, the British regular army, reduced in numbers and not
having fought a major conflict for over a decade, was at peace in
its garrisons. When German troops marched through Belgium and
attacked France, the British Expeditionary Force was hastily
created and for British soldiers the transition from peace to
mobilisation and transportation to the battle line happened within
a matter of days. It is astonishing that the 'Contemptible Little
Army' was not instantly enveloped by the advancing Germans who
outnumbered them-often by much more than five to one. Some are
jingoistic about the British Army of the day being 'the best army
in the world, ' however, the battle fought at Mons, the retreat to
the Marne, the skilful command of the British staff and the dogged
resistance of troops, who inflicted causalities on the enemy
totally disproportionate to their strength, speaks for itself. The
outcome was inevitable though and by the early months of 1915 the
B. E. F. had all but been destroyed. Its tenacity had, however,
earned the British sufficient time to build a new army, defence and
response. This unique Leonaur centenary volume includes two works
that bring to life the lives of British soldiers who fought through
the events of 1914. The first contains dozens of narratives from
soldiers at the sharp end of war, while the second is specifically
about the first hand experiences of one officer. This is an
essential book for those wishing to understand the impact of the
early days of war on those who experienced it.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm29873266London: J. Murray, 1856. lxxi, 399 p.; 22 cm.
The Crawl Space - Interactive Anti-Bully Novel 24 choices and 11
alternate endings Bullying is receiving a lot of attention in the
media, but it's never had the repercussions that middle school
bullies Bruce, Mark, and Charles will face. Trapped in a haunted
school as their punishment, these bullies find their fates in the
hands of their readers in Arthur M. Mills, Jr.'s children's novel
"The Crawl Space." Read The Crawl Space if you... * Like
interactive stories * Want to get revenge on bullies * Enjoy scary
children stories * Want to increase your reading ability * Like
illustrated books (85 illustrations) *** Storyline *** Bruce, Mark,
and Charles have long been the school bullies, tormenting younger
and weaker kids. But they go too far the day they try to make their
fellow student, Johnny, enter the dreaded crawl space under the
school cafeteria's stage. Everyone knows the crawl space is haunted
by a boy who entered it and never returned, and Johnny is
terrified. But fortunately, the school principal catches the boys
before it's too late. As punishment, she offers them the choice of
notes to their parents or spending the weekend cleaning out the
crawl space. More scared of their parents than the rumor of a
ghost, they choose the latter. But once they are alone in the
school, the boys discover that not only is the crawl space haunted,
but so is the rest of the school. When the ghost gives the boys a
riddle to solve, they must make many difficult choices to ensure
their survival. However, the reader gets to participate in making
these choices, which range from which hallway to go down to which
key to use to open a mysterious box. Whether the boys survive their
punishment is as much the reader's responsibility as it is that of
the boys' themselves, but just as the boys can't control the
supernatural events happening to them, even the reader won't be
able to control the storyline completely. *** Why did Mills write
The Crawl Space? *** Mills decided to write a book where the
readers get to make the choices because in his youth, he didn't
like adults making decisions for him. He tried to escape into the
world of books, only to find authors were just as controlling as
the adults in his life. Now that he is an author, he has vowed to
let readers have control of the story. In "The Crawl Space,"
readers have up to twenty-four choices and eleven possible endings
to choose. In addition, over eighty-five exciting illustrations
accompany the stories, representing every supernatural, terrifying,
and bizarre experience the main characters endure before their
weekend in a haunted middle school comes to an end. *** What are
the professionals saying? *** Destined to please adults and kids
alike, "The Crawl Space" is a hit among all generations. Tyler R.
Tichelaar, author of the award-winning "Narrow Lives" states,
"Branching Plot Books are as much fun as the Choose Your Own
Adventure books from when I was a kid. Beyond being a great
adventure story, 'The Crawl Space' teaches readers lessons about
bullying and friendship and the difficult choices we all have to
make in life." Get your copy today
With Schedules Of The Orders In Council, Statutes, And
Parliamentary Documents Relating To Each Dependency.
With Schedules Of The Orders In Council, Statutes, And
Parliamentary Documents Relating To Each Dependency.
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