Burning Tanks and an Empty Desert: Based on the unpublished journal of Major John Sylvanus MacGill, MB, ChB, MD, Royal Army Medical Corps

by John Philip Jones

Book Overview

THE SUCCESSES AND SACRIFICES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN 1914 This work is a study of military history 'from the top down' and also 'from the bottom up'. It describes a brigade - 4,000 men - of the old British Regular army that fought in the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1914. This army was of the highest quality but was very small. The book describes the strategy and tactics of the fighting, in which the British played a major role. But the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504950283
• ISBN13: 9781504950282
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"