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BROWNLOW (Capt. C.A.L., DSO)
The Breaking of the Storm.
1st Ed., vii+232pp., map ep. Methuen.
1918
#68447
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Excellent account of the first months of the war by a Royal Field Artillery officer with a Brigade Ammunition Column (& later a battery) in the 3rd Division: contains Mobilisation, Mons, Le Cateau, the Aisne, Flanders &c. Falls stated: "Where we have a professional soldier with the gift of writing, we get something very much more valuable than the much commoner output of the professional soldier who cannot write or the professional writer who knows nothing of soldiering. This is particularly true of the first days of the War. Captain Brownlow, a good writer & a soldier obviously devoted to his profession, here gives an interesting account of the Retreat from Mons, the Advance to the Aisne, & the subsequent move to Flanders. His pen-pictures are extraordinarily interesting. He was, however, unfortunately serving with a brigade ammunition column... so that his view of the actual fighting was limited." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, rather worn & rear cover dampstained, o/w generally VG, hence inexpensive copy & rare. See illustration on our website.
£50
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