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ADAMS (Capt. R.E.C., MC, East Surrey Regt.)
The Modern Crusaders.
1st Ed., viii+183pp., 16 photos., map. Routledge.
1920
#65754
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Very nicely detailed account of the campaign in Egypt & Palestine 1917-18 by Brigade Major of 231st Infantry Bde. (made up of dismounted Yeomanry: 24th [Denbigh Yeo.] Bn. RWF; 25th [Montgomery Yeo. & Welsh Horse] Bn. RWF; 24th [Pembroke & Glamorgan Yeo.] Bn., Welsh Regt. & 10th [Shropshire & Cheshire Yeo.] Bn. KSLI, plus 210th MG Coy. & 231st Light Trench Mortar Battery). Includes Composition of 231st Inf. Bde., 74th Yeomanry Div., & much interesting detail on their operations at Gaza, capture of Jerusalem &c. "This clever & witty book was published out of the due season for works of its class & seems to have fallen on rather stony ground. It is one of the best matter-of-fact records of any British theatre of the late war. The author was Brigade Major of the 231st Brigade (of dismounted Yeomanry - magnificent troops) and his story is that of Lord Allenby's first offensive in Palestine. After the great German March offensive in France his division was transferred to the country, and his diary then comes to an end. The humours of war were very real but are poorly represented in literature, which makes Captain Adams's journal all the more valuable." - Falls (awarding a rare two star accolade). Orig. red cloth, stained & worn but sound & complete, & rare. See illustration on our website.
£120
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