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Great War IPMS, Great War SIG newsletter – October 2021

"An enjoyable read"
The Western Front Association Bulletin 119

I have to admit here that this was/is a totally different book to what I expected, but it was a pleasant surprise. I expected to be reading biographies celebrating brave young men, whilst I did get that later in the book. What you do get for about the first 80 pages of the book is the detail of the Battle at Amiens, which is very good and stunning in detail, which I must say runs throughout the book. I was probably thinking just because I knew about the battle I didn’t need to know about it. But I was wrong, the battle was very well written and informative. The amount of research and documentation that has been gone through is phenomenal. We then go onto the stories that were awarded Victoria Crosses. Again the research and information is stunning, Paul Oldfield the author has done an amazing job with the research and background. Generally this is pretty much it, but don’t be fooled the work, battle, biographies in this particular book is first class. The book is also supported by.. Read more
UK Historian

Horses and cavalry are often regarded as an old fashioned trait of the British army in World War 1. In a time of machine guns, what use could horses be? David Kenyon explains wonderfully how adaptive the horsemen were from supplies to combining their efforts with other ranks of the Britsh Army. With some wonderful firsthand photographs and pages of bibliography, souces and notes this is a must for any sort of study into the first world war. Packed full of history and resources it is surprisingly a nice easy read. Read the full review [link=https://tastesthroughtime.co.uk/book-reviews/]here[/link]
Tastes Through Time

Well written, good maps & clear information. Essential guidebook to the southern Arras sectors. Read the full review via [link=https://twitter.com/sommecourt/status/1203615104211795968]Twitter[/link]
Paul Reed via Twitter