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  • Eyewitness, Being Personal Reminiscences Of Certain Phases Of The Great War,

    Including The Genesis Of The Tank [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major-General Ernest D. Swinton ...
    Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosMajor-General Ernest Swinton had already had a long and illustrious career in the British Army before the advent of the First World War in 1914. Appointed as the official war correspondent by the war Minister Lord Kitchener in 1914, his reporting home was the only way for the British people to follow the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Defence of Duffer's Drift

    by Ernest Swinton ...
    Presented as a series of dreams, this volume explains various battlefield defence strategies devised by veteran army officer of the First World War. Within these dreams, the author explores different scenarios, able to see the results of different actions due to the nature of this ‘nightmare’. Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868 – 1951) was a British Army officer who contributed significantly to the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Defence of Duffer's Drift (Illustrated)

    by Ernest Dunlop Swinton ...
    The Defense of Duffer’s Drift is one of the most important works ever written on small unit tactics and is required reading for junior officers in military organizations around the world. It was written by Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton in 1904 when Swinton was a Captain. It details a fictional encounter in the Boer War. The book is narrated by Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF) who ... Read more

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    The Defence of Duffer's Drift

    and The Battle of Booby's Bluffs by Major Single List

    by Ernest Dunlop Swinton ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 18 min

    First published in 1907, The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a classic essay on small unit tactics based on author Ernest Dunlop Swinton's experiences in the Boer War in South Africa. In a series of dreams, Swinton's character Lieutenant Backsight Forethought works through a number of possible approaches to defending a piece of land known as the Drift. Each time, he makes fatal errors, but with each ... Read more

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  • A Year Ago; Eye-Witness's Narrative Of The War From March 20th To July 18th, 1915 [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major-General Ernest D. Swinton, Captain Alan Ian Percy Duke of Northumberland ...
    Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos.Major-General Ernest Swinton had already had a long and illustrious career in the British Army before the advent of the First World War in 1914. Appointed as the official war correspondent by the war Minister Lord Kitchener in 1914, his reporting home was the only way for the British ... Read more

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  • Eye Witness's Narrative Of The War From The Marne To Neuve Chapelle 1 September, 1914-March 1915 [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major-General Ernest D. Swinton, Captain Alan Ian Percy Duke of Northumberland ...
    Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos.Major-General Ernest Swinton had already had a long and illustrious career in the British Army before the advent of the First World War in 1914. Appointed as the official war correspondent by the war Minister Lord Kitchener in 1914, his reporting home was the only way for the British ... Read more

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  • The Defence of Duffer's Drift

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Ernest Dunlop Swinton ...
    Series series
    "The Defence of Duffers Drift" is a fictional account of a young, inexperienced British officer, who is tasked with holding a river crossing with 50 troops against a larger enemy force. His initial failures and eventual victory serve as an entertaining and instructive vehicle to convey the principles of small unit tactics. Because it deals with principles, this definitive work has endured to this ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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