Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel George Brenton Laurie

First published in 1921. A first-hand account of World War I. Commanding 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, dated November 4th 1914 - March 11th 1915. I dedicate this little volume to you in memory of your father, who, as you know, fell on March 12th, 1915, in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. These Letters, which were written to me from France during the first winter of the World War, do not in any way pretend to literary attainment; they are just the simple letters of a soldier recording...
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First published in 1921. A first-hand account of World War I. Commanding 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, dated November 4th 1914 - March 11th 1915. I dedicate this little volume to you in memory of your father, who, as you know, fell on March 12th, 1915, in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. These Letters, which were written to me from France during the first winter of the World War, do not in any way pretend to literary attainment; they are just the simple letters of a soldier recording as a diary the daily doings of his regiment at the front.