| Despatch Rider: The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in Europe Contributor(s): Watson, W. H. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846773830 ISBN-13: 9781846773839 Publisher: Leonaur Ltd OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the 'Contemptible Little Army' that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.51 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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| Publisher Description: A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the 'Contemptible Little Army' that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower. |