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QUEX [Pseud. of NICHOLS (Capt. G.H.F., RFA)]
Pushed.
2nd Ed., 336pp., 2 maps. Constable.
1930
#68221
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Fine personal account of March Retreat & Allied Advance in 1918, serving with 82nd Bde. RFA, 18th Divisional Artillery. The author (who also authored the history of the 18th Division in the war) was dedicated to his Colonel - Thorp, who commanded the Battery throughout the events described in this work until Killed in Action on 30th October 1918: the news of the death of the beloved Colonel occupies the last few leaves of the text. "Below the title on the copy of this book before the writer, some irreverent spirit has pencilled a sub-title, 'or, I and the Colonel.' The well-known journalist known as 'Quex' does not, in fact, hide his light under a bushel. He has, however, written a most entertaining account of a battery of the 18th Divisional Artillery in the German offensive of 1918 & of the great British 'return push.'" - Falls. Orig. blue cloth, titled in black, sp. tanned. First published 1919: this new edition includes a short Introductory Letter by R.C. Sherriff & two maps (the 18th Div. sector in March 1918 & the division's attack on the Hindenburg Line at Vendhuille at the end of September) not in the original 1919 1st edition. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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