An exceptionally direct, detailed, and outspoken diary of the author's experiences between March and October, 1915. Written in retirement by a career British soldier, the most decorated general in the British…
An exceptionally direct, detailed, and outspoken diary of the author's experiences between March and October, 1915. Written in retirement by a career British soldier, the most decorated general in the British Army at the time and veteran of the colonial wars in Africa, the book is rich in invaluable first-hand material on the strategic situation, the landing, the technology of armaments, ammunition, and equipment, the planning, and the roles of Kitchener, Churchill, and others.
