This is the first review of my new Christmas present books. I bought 9 books in total from Naval Military Press and had two before Christmas, reviewed already, and had seven others as presents from various family members.
The author was a regular soldier in the British Army in 1914 and this book is a detailed account of his service between mobilisation on 4th August until, seriously wounded, he arrived back in Southampton on 3rd September 1914. It is quite extraordinary just how much life can be packed into just one month. This book illustrates just that. It was clearly one of the highlights of the authors life and he recounts in amazing detail everything he experienced.
The book gives a fantastic insight into the first month of the war from a soldiers perspective including mobilisation, embarking, landing in France, the French people, marching and so on until actual combat was experienced almost at the end of the book.
A very highly recommended book both generally but also to get a real appreciation of the first month of the war from a soldiers perspective.
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