Ypres diary 1914-15 : the memoirs of Sir Morgan Crofton by Crofton, Morgan, 1879-1958 instant download

Ypres diary 1914-15 : the memoirs of Sir Morgan Crofton by Crofton, Morgan, 1879-1958 instant download

1 online resource (513 pages), Sir Morgan Crofton fought in the Boer War and joined the 2nd Life Guards at 34 years old as a cavalry office. His diary charts his experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. Crofton describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before - one of staying still in trenches, being pounded by artillery and the terrifying new power of machine guns. He describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons, such as gas and hand grenades entered the fray. His often ascerbic commentar, Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert; Acknowledgements; Maps of Western Front and Eastern Front; Ypres Then and Now -- Editor's Note; Biographical Note on Lieutenant Colonel Sir Morgan Crofton, Bt DSO by Edward Crofton; Volume I: October 27 -- December 3, 1914; Volume II: December 4, 1914 -- January 5, 1915; Volume III: January 6 -- February 18, 1915; Volume IV: February 19 -- April 14, 1915; Volume V: April 15 -- May 29, 1915; Volume VI: May 30 -- June 18, 1915; Epilogue; Select Bibliography, Print version record