LoginNOTHING OF IMPORTANCE — A RECORD OF EIGHT MONTHS AT THE FRONT WITH A WELSH BATTALION
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As it was with so many young men, for Bernard Adams in 1914 it was like he was going off on some great adventure.
Nothing could have prepared him for the reality he ended up facing.
Placing his focus on the day to day existence of the soldiers in the trenches, Adams presents a grim picture of mud-coated billets, relentless artillery barrages, working parties, training and the art of military sniping.
Just as it would have been for the soldiers’ lives, Adams heightens his work with an emotive account of his first night patrol, the detonation of mines, battlefield duels and being wounded whilst out wiring in No Man’s
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Manufacturer: Lume Books
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