Putty. From Tel-El-Kebir to Cambrai: the Life and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney 1861-1941 - Leask, Anthony
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Once described by a subordinate as "the most completely ignorant general I served during the war", there was much more to Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney than this dismissive remark would have us believe. Commissioned into the Scots Guards his long military career, much of it on active service, took him to Egypt, Uganda, Congo, South Africa, France and Japan. The longest-serving British corps commander during the First World War, he led III Corps from the Retreat from Mons through the Marne, Aisne, Messines, Armentières, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, the Somme and the celebrated Battle of Cambrai where tanks were used en masse for the first time. In this meticulously compiled volume, Anthony Leask has gathered for the first time a rich treasure trove of previously unpublished letters, diaries and documents which, having been painstakingly researched and considered in historical context, provide new insight into a man who has hitherto remained unknown. From a privileged yet controversial background, he was an ...
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2015Uitgever: Helion & Company Limited779 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1910294950ISBN-13: 9781910294956Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Leask, Anthony] [Pagina's: 779] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Helion & Company Limited] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: Putty. From Tel-El-Kebir to Cambrai: the Life and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney 1861-1941]
