The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Western Front 1914 Up to First Ypres The Retreat from Mons to The Marne
RCC7799
August 1914. Surrender at St. Quentin
by John Hutton
ISBN
9781848841345
Purchase Price
£9.60 (second hand)
Date Purchased
March 27, 2019
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military (2010, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This is an updated version of the colonels' surrender (or attempted surrender) at St. Quentin during the retreat from Mons to the Marne. This book was publishd 16 years after Peter Scott's book on the same subject (q.v.). The period between the publication of these two versions of the same story saw a very significant upsurge in interest in the war, and attitudes and pronouncements on what happened may well have changed. Hutton draws particular attention in this book to soldiers plunged into major battles the like of which they had never seen, or even imagined. Stress levels would have been immense, and possibly the fact that unlike Scott's earlier study, there is no mention of the two colonels in the title of this version is notable. Nevertheless, this episode should not be forgotten in an overall appreciation of the first days of British involvement in the war; both books are valuable.
9781848841345
Purchase Price
£9.60 (second hand)
Date Purchased
March 27, 2019
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military (2010, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This is an updated version of the colonels' surrender (or attempted surrender) at St. Quentin during the retreat from Mons to the Marne. This book was publishd 16 years after Peter Scott's book on the same subject (q.v.). The period between the publication of these two versions of the same story saw a very significant upsurge in interest in the war, and attitudes and pronouncements on what happened may well have changed. Hutton draws particular attention in this book to soldiers plunged into major battles the like of which they had never seen, or even imagined. Stress levels would have been immense, and possibly the fact that unlike Scott's earlier study, there is no mention of the two colonels in the title of this version is notable. Nevertheless, this episode should not be forgotten in an overall appreciation of the first days of British involvement in the war; both books are valuable.
