Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Some Desperate Glory - The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917, Edwin Campion Vaughan.

Some Desperate Glory - The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917, Edwin Campion Vaughan.

This diary covers the experiences of a young and very inexperienced infantry officer (as he admits himself) from his arrival in France in January 1917 to his participation in the Third Battle of Ypres in August. Casts an unusual light on the relationship between junior officers and the men under their command

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