A long, long trail a-winding
Subtitle: centenary perspectives on the Great War
By: edited by Dr. Andrew Cormack
Series: Special publication / the Society for Army Historical Research -- no. 18; Special publication (Society for Army Historical Research (London, England)) -- no. 18
Publisher: Society for Army Historical Research
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780950144597
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180746 (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148236
Notes: "Commemorative Special" -Cover.

"sponsored by Lord Ashcroft MCMG PC" -Cover.

"Commemorative Volume on the First World War" - Title page.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: HRH foreword  -- Field Marshall HRH the Duke of Kent; title: 'The mad minute' : rapid rifle fire, and its place in the Edwardian army  -- Nicholas A. Harlow; title: War, epidemics, and empire : British military government in the Middle East, 1914-18  -- Mark Harrison; title: Padres and missionaries : the war diary of the senior Catholic chaplains, East Africa, 1916-19  -- James M. Hagerty; title: Rawlinson on the Somme  -- Rodney Atwood; title: 'Saving the gun at Le Cateau' : the stirring tale of a pair of Victoria Crosses won in the first large-scale action of the war  -- Michael Naxton; title: '... Leading his men everywhere and fighting like a tiger...' : John Vaughan Campbell, Victoria Cross, 15th September 1916  -- Andrew Cormack; title: 'Onward, Christian soldiers!' : the remarkable story of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard William Vann  -- Michael Naxton; title: The eighth day : British defence on 28 March 1918  -- Charles More; title: Showing the line : on the western front in World War One : a survey of devices used or proposed to show the location of front line troops to the British Contact Patrol aeroplanes  -- Mike Meech; title: Book reviews.