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“arthur corbett smith”

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  • The Marne—And After

    by Arthur Corbett-Smith ...
    Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos."An outstanding first hand account and history of the first battles of the Great WarThe Great War had long been planned by Imperial Germany and its army stood ready to advance through Belgium and France with a force of overwhelming superiority. Both the Belgian and French nations rushed ... Read more

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  • The Retreat From Mons

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Arthur Corbett-Smith ...
    The Retreat from Mons opens as a vivid firsthand chronicle of one of the First World War's earliest and most dramatic campaigns, written by Major A. Corbett-Smith and dedicated to General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien. From the outset, it combines military record with human testimony, tracing the British Expeditionary Force from mobilization and embarkation through Mons, the retreat, and the final ... Read more

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  • The Retreat from Mons

    By one who shared in it

    by Arthur Corbett-Smith ...
    In "The Retreat from Mons," Arthur Corbett-Smith delivers a poignant exploration of the harrowing experiences of soldiers during the First World War, particularly focusing on the British Expeditionary Force's retreat from Mons in 1914. Utilizing a blend of vivid, evocative prose and meticulous historical detail, Corbett-Smith constructs a narrative that not only immerses readers in the chaos of ... Read more

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  • Waterloo

    The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles

    by Bernard Cornwell ...
    #1 Bestseller in the U.K.From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s last stand.On June 18, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In ... Read more

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  • Both Sides of the Wire

    The memoir of an Australian officer captured during the Great War

    by William Cull, Aaron Pegram ...
    This is Bill Cull's unforgettable story of his experiences in WW1: he fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front where he was captured by the Germans and was a POW until the end of the war.Captain William Cull fought the First World War from both sides of the wire. As a young infantry officer on the Allied side of the Western Front, Cull frequently led patrols out into No Man's Land and raids on ... Read more

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  • London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria (Mobi Classics)

    by Sir Winston S. Churchill ...
    London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is a book written by Winston Churchill. It is a personal record of Churchill's impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. It includes an account of the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of Churchill's capture and dramatic escape from the Boers. The book was first published in 1900, and dedicated to the staff of the Natal Government ... Read more

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  • Adventures Of A Motorcycle Despatch Rider During The First World War [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major William Henry Lowe Watson D.S.O. D.C.M. ...
    Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos"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 ... Read more

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  • The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

    by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Series Book 378 - Mammoth Books
    The spectre of the Great War still haunts us. No other conflict so dramatically illustrates the waste of life, and the slaughter of innocents, as that of 1914-18. And none has so dramatically shaped the modern world: the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the break-up of Empire, the supremacy of America and World War II all stem from the four years of the 'war to end all wars'.Here is the eye ... Read more

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  • The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

    by Malcolm Brown ...
    An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book of the Western Front reveals what life was really like for the men and women involved. With first-hand accounts of off-duty entertainments, trench ... Read more

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  • The Irish Guards In The Great War, Vol. 1

    by Rudyard Kipling ...
    The greatest of all wars.As told by England's greatest poet.'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable account of how one regiment fought from 1914-1918.This e-book edition features an introduction by the leading military writer Patrick Bishop.In 1915, on the third day of the Battle of Loos, Kipling’s beloved son John was shot in the head and ... Read more

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  • Soldier from the Wars Returning

    by Charles Carrington ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later ... Read more

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  • The War Behind the Wire

    The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18

    by John Lewis-Stempel ...
    The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy.On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another.In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war ... Read more

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