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- catalog abstract ""This is [Frank Warren's] diary; a vivid and detailed account illegally written down from memory soon after the events occurred. Warren's appreciation of detail makes this fascinating document a remarkable source of absorbing eye-witness material. In these pages we read of the horror of the Somme battlefield soon after the grim and costly infantry fighting had ground to a halt and of his next tour of duty in the Ypres Salient, which he describes as 'a wilderness and a solitary place, nothing whole remains' ... Warren's accounts of the blowing of the bridge on the Somme canal and the rescue of the guns at Mercourt are wonderful set-piece depictions, among the most graphic of all reports of battlefield events. Together with descriptions of soldiers dangling their legs from railway waggons on their way to the front and of bully-beef tins being thrown from hand to hand in the front line, this is a ... evocative account of war"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b2921119.
- catalog contributor b2921120.
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description ""This is [Frank Warren's] diary; a vivid and detailed account illegally written down from memory soon after the events occurred. Warren's appreciation of detail makes this fascinating document a remarkable source of absorbing eye-witness material. In these pages we read of the horror of the Somme battlefield soon after the grim and costly infantry fighting had ground to a halt and of his next tour of duty in the Ypres Salient, which he describes as 'a wilderness and a solitary place, nothing whole remains' ... Warren's accounts of the blowing of the bridge on the Somme canal and the rescue of the guns at Mercourt are wonderful set-piece depictions, among the most graphic of all reports of battlefield events. Together with descriptions of soldiers dangling their legs from railway waggons on their way to the front and of bully-beef tins being thrown from hand to hand in the front line, this is a ... evocative account of war"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "October 1916 to February 1917 : the Somme -- September 1917 to January 1918 : the Ypres Salient -- March 1918 : the German attack.".
- catalog extent "vii, 109 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Honour satisfied.".
- catalog identifier "1852235403 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Honour satisfied.".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Swindon : Crowood,".
- catalog relation "Honour satisfied.".
- catalog subject "940.48141 20".
- catalog subject "D546".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Army.".
- catalog subject "Warren, Frank.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, British.".
- catalog tableOfContents "October 1916 to February 1917 : the Somme -- September 1917 to January 1918 : the Ypres Salient -- March 1918 : the German attack.".
- catalog title "Honour satisfied : a Dorset rifleman at war, 1916-1918 / Frank Warren ; edited by Antony Bird.".
- catalog type "Personal narratives British. fast".
- catalog type "text".