... a fine record as active soldier and pioneer of army education, and a plan of operations for the 1th Division in the Battle of the Somme. Clearly, then, the material to his hand dictated the form of his book and the title he chose only very loosely welds ...

... (Ulster) Division fought with great distinction and tragic loss at the Battle of the Somme. Donegal playwright, Frank mcGuinness's play 'Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, focuses on the innermost feelings of the young sol diers who walked ...

... brevity and certainly because of its sensitivity, is a memorable and delightful book. Of all. the insane folly of war the Battle of the Somme has few counterparts in respect of the mass butchery involved for no territorial reward or strategical gain of any ...

... the battle of the Somme, and the men of the ranks with whom the highly articulate author served The same event is the subject of Lieut-Col. A. H. Farrar-Hockley's The Somme (Batsford 30s.) which belongs to the publishers' series on British Battles. It ...