{"product_id":"towards-gommecourt-two-accounts-of-british-soldiers-on-the-western-front-during-the-first-world-war-paperback","title":"Towards Gommecourt: Two accounts of British Soldiers on the Western Front During the First World War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward G. D. Liveing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Ernest Hodder-Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAttack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Edward G. D. Liveing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Young Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby John Ernest Hodder-Williams \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo immediate accounts of the Battle of the Somme \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe attack on the fortified village of Gommecourt took place on July 1st 1916 and was an essential component of the first great allied attack of the Battle of the Somme. This is not a book of great strategy, but of the very personal experience of war as lived by ordinary men. Here two accounts have been brought together, both for the sake of value and by virtue of their comparatively short lengths, because they may have not been published independently. The first account is by the commander of No.5 Platoon of a battalion of the County of London Regiment. It takes the reader through the preparations for and the actual undertaking and aftermath of the attack in graphic detail. The work is an invaluable detailed record of a platoon action on the Somme, but also one of the most riveting pieces of Western Front infantry action first hand experience available. The second piece-written in the form of letters-reveals the march to war of an ordinary young man until he became a veteran infantryman. The action centres once again on the Somme in the Gommecourt sector.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449933021362,"sku":"9780857061195","price":21.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e25aeccb3fb2f72425fac177483833ca.webp?v=1778775885","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/towards-gommecourt-two-accounts-of-british-soldiers-on-the-western-front-during-the-first-world-war-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}