While we have had many books describing the work of the Infantry and Artillery in the war, very little has been written about the part played by our Cavalrymen. The fact that their operations were restricted by the conditions of modern warfare does not, however, detract in the least from the interest of Captain Delius' book, for it is a book of happy anecdote and amusing description, rather than of the more repulsive side of war.
FROM THE SOMME TO THE RHINE. By Major A. Ashmead-Bartlett. Crown 8vo.
This is a valuable narrative of the last phase of the Great War. The author, who has the literary talent of his family has used his opportunities as an Intelligence Officer to great advantage, and his narrative is very clear, very picturesque and very human. He has seized the salient details of what he is describing, and his sincerity combined with his artistic gift, makes a moving, life-like picture.
JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD,
VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.1.
Transcriber's Note
Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text.
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of separate words have been retained for:
- down stream/downstream
- Eski Chehir/Eski-Chehir
- framework/frame-work
- goatskins/goat skins
- half way/half-way
- hillside/hill-side
- machine guns/machine-guns
- sheep tracks/sheep-tracks
- some one/someone
- tilework/tile-work
- trench digging/trench-digging
- up stream/up-stream
- up to date/up-to-date
- used up/used-up
Inconsistencies in italicization and capitalization have been retained.
Page numbers are documented in the source code.