The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Other Allied Armies French
A French Soldier's War Diary, 1914 - 1918
ISBN
0705700585
Purchase Price
£10.00 (second hand)
Date Purchased
March 30, 2016
Publisher
The Elmfield Press (1975, Morley, Yorks)
Notes
Desagneaux was mobilized as a Reserve Lieutenant in the Railway Transport Section. But he left that post for a command in the trenches, rising to Captain in 1916, and later as Major. His diary covers the whole of the war, he was continuously at the front except for hospitalisation when wounded at Verdun, and a spell restoring order after the 1917 mutinies. The book was translated by Godfrey J. Adams. We have categorised it in "French Army" as opposed to "Personal Accounts" as it sheds light on the workings of the French Army.
0705700585
Purchase Price
£10.00 (second hand)
Date Purchased
March 30, 2016
Publisher
The Elmfield Press (1975, Morley, Yorks)
Notes
Desagneaux was mobilized as a Reserve Lieutenant in the Railway Transport Section. But he left that post for a command in the trenches, rising to Captain in 1916, and later as Major. His diary covers the whole of the war, he was continuously at the front except for hospitalisation when wounded at Verdun, and a spell restoring order after the 1917 mutinies. The book was translated by Godfrey J. Adams. We have categorised it in "French Army" as opposed to "Personal Accounts" as it sheds light on the workings of the French Army.
