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First Shots, Last Shots: The Opening and Closing Campaigns of the First World War
Sir F. Maurice
The two campaigns on the Western Front that began and ended the Great War Although he became something of a controversial figure towards the end of the First World War, Major-General ,Sir Frederick..
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Impressions & Experiences of a French Cavalry Trooper During the First World War, 1914-15, With the 22nd Dragoons
Christian Mallet
A first-hand account of the twilight of the arme-blanche at war This book is particularly engaging for several reasons. It principally concerns the opening campaigns of the Great War in Europe, bef..
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A Galloper at Ypres: the Personal experiences of a British Army Aide-de-Camp at the First and Second Battles of Ypres during the First World War
Patrick Butler
The opening battles of the Great War by an eyewitness of the ‘Royal Irish’ All first-hand accounts have merit for the military historian since they can provide insights into campaigns, battles and ..
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Mesopotamia 1914-15: Extracts from a Regimental Officer’s Diary—With the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the First World War
H. Birch Reynardson
A superb account of the Great War in the Middle East Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) was the scene of much bitter fighting during the First World War between the forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire ..
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The First World War in Africa 1914-1918: Togoland, South-West Africa, the Cameroons & East Africa
John Buchan
A unique assessment of the Great War in sub-Saharan Africa in all its theatres The great conflict fought between 1914 and 1918 set Europe ablaze, but, as the definition of ‘world war’ implies, em..
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Blood & Iron
Wilson McNair
A War Correspondent’s Impression of the First Months of the Great War on the Western Front to the Second Battle of Ypres
A well observed account of the opening campaigns of the Great War in Europe There have been many books about warfare written by those who experienced war at first-hand. Until the middle years of th..
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Ally Sloper’s Cavalry
Herbert A. Stewart
From Mons to Loos with the Army Service Corps During the First World War
Personal recollections of a little reported unit of the British Army This book is one of many first-hand accounts written by soldiers about their experiences in the First World War. Originally titl..
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John Buchan’s 1914
John Buchan
the War in the East—the First Months of the First World War on the Eastern Front—June to December 1914
The outbreak of the great war on the Eastern Front The Great War broke out in 1914. For those who live in the western world impressions of that catastrophic conflict are, perhaps inevitably, inspir..
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The Hawke Battalion of the Royal Naval Division
Douglas Jerrold
During the First World War at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
The Great War campaigns of one of the Royal Naval division battalions The campaigns of the Royal Naval Brigades have always fascinated students of military history. During several notable campaigns..
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From Chauffeur to Brigadier
C. D. Baker-Carr
Founder of the Machine Gun Corps & Pioneer of the Development of the Tank
An outstanding pioneer of mechanised and armoured warfare While the story of a man who was a civilian driver in 1914, but who rose to become a Brigadier-General in consequence of his services durin..
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Nuns & the Great War 1914-18
D. M. C. & Sister M Antonia
The Irish Nuns at Ypres by D. M. C. & From Convent to Conflict or A Nun’s Account of the Invasion of Belgium by Sister M Antonia
Two accounts of faith and humanity   The ‘storm of war’ is apt epithet for conflict. Mankind dominates the planet and his science and ingenuity can raise great structures, transform landscapes ..
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France Turns the Tide
George Herbert Perris
the Battle of the Marne 5-12 September 1914
Two essential first hand accounts and histories of the French Army in 1914 Experienced British correspondent George Herbert Perris accompanied French troops during the opening campaigns of the Firs..
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The German Invasion of Belgium & France
George Herbert Perris
the Opening Campaigns of the First World War in the West from the French Army Perspective
Two essential first hand accounts and histories of the French Army in 1914 Experienced British correspondent George Herbert Perris accompanied French troops during the opening campaigns of the Firs..
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Fighting the Good Fight
Douglas P. Winnifrith & Montague Thomas Hainsselin
Two Accounts of Chaplains During the First World War—The Church in the Fighting Line by Douglas P. Winnifrith & In the Northern Mists by Montague Thomas Hainsselin
The Cross and the Sword No one who has served in the military has ever underestimated the value of the important work undertaken by chaplains—those men of the church who donned uniforms and joined ..
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John Buchan’s 1914: the World at War
John Buchan
The Naval Conflict & Global Campaigns of the Opening Year of the First World War
Over the seas and far away—the world at war   In the late summer of 1914, the eyes of the world were fixed upon Europe as seemingly unstoppable German armies simultaneously marched eastwards an..
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