The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Western Front 1918 Kaiserslacht
RCC7651
Five Days From Defeat. How Britain Nearly Lost The First World War
by Walter Reid
ISBN
9781780274904
Purchase Price
£16.99 (new)
Date Purchased
March 20, 2018
Publisher
Birlinn Limited (2017, Edinburgh)
Notes
This is the story of the first few days of Kaiserschlacht, the period when the Germans drove the Allied Armies back for a distance hitherto only fantasised about by the Allied commanders, nearly separated the British from the French, and brought them to within almost an inch of defeat. The book is written by a professional writer who might also be described as an amateur military historian - perhaps following in the path first trodden by Martin Middlebrook, also - like Reid - a farmer. As it was Middlebrook's book about the first day on The Somme which started The Collection, we mean these comments as high praise for the book.
9781780274904
Purchase Price
£16.99 (new)
Date Purchased
March 20, 2018
Publisher
Birlinn Limited (2017, Edinburgh)
Notes
This is the story of the first few days of Kaiserschlacht, the period when the Germans drove the Allied Armies back for a distance hitherto only fantasised about by the Allied commanders, nearly separated the British from the French, and brought them to within almost an inch of defeat. The book is written by a professional writer who might also be described as an amateur military historian - perhaps following in the path first trodden by Martin Middlebrook, also - like Reid - a farmer. As it was Middlebrook's book about the first day on The Somme which started The Collection, we mean these comments as high praise for the book.
