Salient Points Three: Ypres & Picardy 1914-18The third in the series of a collection of stories about the men the actions and the places of interest for the battlefield visitor to the old Western Front. This book features:- A Soldier for a Year (Private David Ross); - A Very British Grenadier (Captain Pixley); - An Artist at War (Ernest Carlos); - Into Battle - Julian of the Ard Ead Julian Grenfell); - Adolf Hitler at Ypres; - Michael O Leary V.C. The Wild Colonial Boy; - No Prisoners for The Dorsets (The Dorsetshire Regiment at Hill 60); - Tanks at St. Julien; - Corporal McBride and the 2nd Worcesters at Neuve Eglise; - Triumph and Tragedy (The 6th DCLI at Sanctuary/Zouave woods 1915) and The Five Forgotten Mines of Messines (unexploded - and four of them still there, the other 'blew' in 1955). |
Contents
1 A Soldier for a Year
| 1 |
2 A Very British Grenadier
| 9 |
3 An Artist at War
| 27 |
4 Into Battle Julian of the Ard Ead
| 33 |
5 Adolf Hitler at Ypres
| 49 |
6 Michael OLeary VC The Wild Colonial Boy
| 57 |
7 No Prisoners for The Dorsets
| 69 |
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Salient Points Three: Flanders and Picardy, 1914-1918 Tony Spagnoly,Ted Smith No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
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