The Long Road To Victory [Illustrated Edition]

• Autore: Buchan Colonel John
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE. -- LIST OF PLATES -- I. - FIRST YPRES, 1914: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE. -- BY CAPTAIN G. VALENTINE WILLIAMS, M.C., IRISH GUARDS. -- II. -"'TWIXT GUY FAWKES' AND ST. PATRICK'S." - THE STORY OF THE FIVE MONTHS SPENT BY THE CREW OF H.M.S. TARA IN THE RED DESERT OF LIBYA. -- BY CAPTAIN R. S. GWATKIN-WILLIAMS, R.N., C.M.G. (RUPERT STANLEY). -- III. - THE "PETROL HUSSARS." - HOW THE LIGHT ARMOURED CARS BROUGHT THE "TARAS" BACK FROM BIR HAKKIM. -- BY CAPTAIN R. S. GWATKIN-WILLIAMS, R.N., C.M.G. (RUPERT STANLEY). -- IV. - THE WORST AND THE BEST. -- BY BOYD CABLE (LIEUT.-COLONEL E. A. MART, R.F.C.). -- V. - THE FIFTEENTH DIVISION AT LOOS. -- BY CAPTAIN NEIL MACMILLAN, 9TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. -- VI. - THE FIGHTING IN THE AIR DURING THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME (July 1-September 15, 1916). -- BY MAJOR THE HON. MAURICE BARING, O.B.E. -- VII. - THE CALL. THE TALE OF A TANK. -- BY MAJOR F. E. HOTBLACK, D.S.O., M.C. -- VIII. - THE TANKS AT CAMBRAI. -- BY LIEUTENANT J. C. MACINTOSH, TANK CORPS. -- IX. - CUT OFF IN A CAVE. - THE TALE OF A FIGHT BEYOND THE JORDAN. - -- BY LIEUTENANT EDWARD G. D. LIVEING, 12TH LONDON REGT., THE RANGERS (ATTD. IN 1918 TO 2/19TH LONDON REGT.). -- X. -THE SOUTH AFRICANS AT MARRIÈRES WOOD. -- BY LIEUT.-COLONEL JOHN BUCHAN. -- XI. - ZEEBRUGGE-H.M.S. VINDICTIVE. -- BY LIEUT.-COMMANDER E. HILTON YOUNG, R.N.V.R., D.S.O., D.S.C., M.P. -- XII. - THE RIVER COLUMN IN NORTH RUSSIA (August 19 To 8-June 1919). -- BY LIEUT.-COLONEL A. P. SKEIL, D.S.O., M.C., COMMANDING 2/10TH ROYAL SCOTS. -- XIII. - A SNIPER'S DAY. -- BY MAJOR H. HESKETH PRICHARD, D.S.O., M.C., COMMANDANT, FIRST ARMY SCHOOL OF SCOUTING, OBSERVATION, AND SNIPING. -- I.-IN 1915. -- II.- INSTRUCTION OF OFFICERS IN THE TRENCHES NEAR HEBUTERNE. -- III.-THE SNIPER OF BEAUMONT HAMEL. -- IV. - THE CAT. -- XIV. - "BUNKING.". ; BY CAPTAIN FRANCIS YEATS BROWN, D.F.C., 17TH CAVALRY. -- Request from the Publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Long Road To Victory
• ISBN: 1-78289-268-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163217103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II