Pen and Sword A Muddy Trench: A Sniper’s Bullet
Hamish Mann, Black Watch, Officer-Poet, 1896–1917 Jacquie Buttriss
$49.95 / 240 pages / 6 x 9.25 / 32 black and white illustrations / February 2019 / hardback / 978-1-52674-509-5
Thanks to Mann’s outstanding literary gifts and prodigious output, this book re-lives his fateful journey from the declaration of war, his voluntary work at a military hospital, his training and commission and, finally, his service with 8th Black Watch on the Somme. The daily hardship and trauma he experienced at the Front were shared with countless thousands of his comrades.
The 51st (Highland) Division in the Great War Engine of Destruction
Colin Campbell $39.95 / 6 x 9.25 / 32 color illustrations / February 2019 / hardback / 978-1-52674-703-7
In this new evaluation timed to mark the centenary of the Great War (1914–18), Colin Campbell allows the experience of the elite 51st Division to speak for itself. It is said that German soldiers feared the 51st (Highland) Division more that any other British or Empire division.
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front— Continuation of the German 1918 Offensives
A Sturdy Race of Men
149th Brigade—A History of the Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Battalions in The Great War Alan Isaac Grint
$49.95 / 272 pages / 6 x 9.25 / 100 black and white illustrations / February 2019 / hardback / 978-1-52674-178-3
149 Brigade saw major action on the Somme (1916), at Arras and in Flanders (1917) and during the 1918 German offensive. The annihilation of three battalions on the Aisne in May 1918 effectively removed the Brigade from the order of battle.
Miners in the Great War
Paul Paul Oldfield
$49.95 / 192 pages / 6 x 9.25 / Black and white illustrations / June 2019 / hardback / 978-1-47382-710-3
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front— Continuation of the German 1918 Offensives: 24 March–24 July 1918 is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context.
Great Escapes of the First World War
Brian Elliott
$39.95 / 192 pages / 6 x 9.25 / 60 illustrations / February 2019 / hardback / 978-1-47382-726-4
Rachel Bilton
At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, despite many difficulties and falling manpower, coalmining was the most important industry in Great Britain. Whether working below and above ground at collieries or as part of the armed forces, miners played a very significant role during the Great War of 1914–18, a total contribution that deserves to be told.
Both detailed and touching, The 51st (Highland) Division in the Great War is an amazing book in tribute to the Scottish soldier.
$34.95 / 208 pages / 6 x 9.25 / Black and white illustrations / February 2019 / hardback / 978-1-47388-773-2
Contained within this book are the daring true stories of fifteen soldiers and their escapes from prison camps during the Great War. This book pays tribute to the men who, although captured and incarcerated during World War One, still somehow found it in themselves to break out of prison and make their way back to fight again. Their story is a perfect illustration of the extraordinary courage that can overcome us when we are desperate to return home to our loved ones.
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