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Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volum……続きを見る

"Harold Chapin was a US born actor, author and playwright who volunteered for the British Army in 1914. He served with the 1st/6th Field Ambulance unit and was killed in the battle of Loos. The lett……続きを見る

"The story of the division from formation in Ireland in August 1914 to departure from Gallipoli for Macedonia in October 1915. This history covers the period from the raising of the division to its ……続きを見る

Arthur St. John Adcock was a novelist and poet of great repute in the early decades of the twentieth century. A noted journalist on Fleet Street, his great experience and literary acumen were ideal ……続きを見る

Includes 56 original illustrations and a map of the area. Our anonymous author was part of the 6th Poona Division, Indian Army, the first of the British Empire's forces to be deployed to Mesopotamia……続きを見る

The renowned military correspondent of the Times Cyril Falls awarded this memoir two of his coveted stars (of three stars possible) and described it as follows: "** - Paul Lintier, a young field art……続きを見る

Captain Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, now lying in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, a fallen officer of the Scots Guards who died bravely trying to go to the rescue of his commanding off……続きを見る

As the battle of Jutland was the only major naval engagement of the First World War, both of the belligerent powers have made claim to the plaudits for winning the battle. The experts and officers o……続きを見る

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volum……続きを見る

"Racy two-volume military memoirs of the brilliant mind that conceived the operational plan for Tannenberg, Germany's triumph on the eastern front in 1914. Hoffmann was the strong man in the east fo……続きを見る

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volum……続きを見る

"Rare account by the C.O. of the Judeans - a unit of Jewish Zionists within the British army who helped drive the Ottoman Turks out of Palestine in 1917-18. This is an extraordinary account of one o……続きを見る

The conflict at sea during the First World War was as tense and gripping as the battles on land; as the Allies fought the German Armies in France, the Royal Navy sought out the German Kriegsmarine o……続きを見る

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volum……続きを見る

Men from all around the far reaches of the British Empire flooded into the ranks of the British army for the titanic struggle against Germany and her allies during the First World War. Ghurkhas from……続きを見る

Nearly 1.7 million French soldiers died in the First World War fighting for their homeland against the invading German Armies; it is difficult to comprehend that hecatomb. It is indeed difficult to ……続きを見る

"The author of this memoir arrived on the Western Front to join 10th Bn. West Yorks in July 1916, shortly after the opening day of the Battle of the Somme in which his battalion had suffered the hig……続きを見る

An American Captain tells the story of his unit of artillery in the Front Lines of the Western front through the battles of St Mihiel and the Argonne to the ceasefire. An acclaimed classic account o……続きを見る

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny] By 1857, the British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, t……続きを見る

A Journalist in charge of the daily military communiques at French headquarters gives his view of the events as he saw them under the changing French war leadership. Although information on the earl……続きを見る

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volum……続きを見る

"THESE letters from my son, I gathered for publication just as they came, with the full joy and pride I had in receiving them, hoping to give to other boys something of his fine courage and spirit -……続きを見る

"Aces over the Western Front The Lafayette Escadrille is now a legend of early aeronautics and warfare in the air. Originally titled the Escadrille Americaine, this squadron of the French Air Force ……続きを見る

Lt. Col. Frederick McKelvey Bell holds an eminent place among the Canadians that were engaged in the war effort in France; his medical unit was the first of the Canadians to land and set to work in ……続きを見る

During November and December 1917, Captain Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine Corps aviator, travelling under orders from Major General Commandant George Barnett, toured the battlefronts and fly……続きを見る

It goes without saying that the letters here gathered were not written with any idea of being permanently preserved. They were merely a progressive recital, in a most informal and unstudied vein, of……続きを見る

Two young officers write of their experiences at the only major naval engagement of the First World War ー the battle of Jutland in 1916. The first officer was writing to his parents in the immediat……続きを見る

"Classic memoir of the Great War by a General who was not afraid to show his face in the front line - or even in No Man's Land. One of the best-known memoirs of the First World War written by a seni……続きを見る

The Retreat From Mons, or 'The Great Retreat', was a harsh lesson for both the British troops who were retreating in the face of the overwhelming forces of the German Armies, and the Germans themsel……続きを見る

[16 Illustrations, portraits of the author, author's unit and plane.] In the small city of Wiesbaden in southwest Germany, a small headstone proclaims that the incumbent of its grave is Rittmeister ……続きを見る