num_pages: 288
description: Approaching World War I as an adventure with the high spirits of many of his age and background, Sir Morgan Crofton soon discovered the combination of terror and tedium afforded by static warfare in the machine-gun age. His diary describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons like gas and hand grenades entered the fray.
language: English
title: Massacre of the Innocents: The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914-1915
titlecomplete: Massacre of the Innocents: The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914-1915
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd