The Great Push
eBook - ePub

The Great Push

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Great Push

About this book

Patrick MacGill enlisted with the London Irish Rifles in 1915 and The Great Push is the resultant work, written during the Battle of Loos. This story recounts the fear, resilience, humour, and fatalism of those who fought at the raw edge of one of the most terrifying wars ever to have been waged.A classic of war literature, The Great Push is a passionate and compelling book which describes the fear, resilience, humour and fatalism of those who fought in the raw edge of one of the most terrifying wars ever to have been waged.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781841580364
eBook ISBN
9780857903273

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Foreword
  8. 1 In the Advance Trenches
  9. 2 Out from Nouex-Les-Mines
  10. 3 Preparations for Loos
  11. 4 Before the Charge
  12. 5 Over the Top
  13. 6 Across the Open
  14. 7 Germans at Loos
  15. 8 How my Comrades Fared
  16. 9 At Loos
  17. 10 Night in Loos
  18. 11 Loos
  19. 12 Retreat
  20. 13 A Prisoner of War
  21. 14 The Chaplain
  22. 15 A Lover at Loos
  23. 16 The Ration Party
  24. 17 Michaelmas Eve
  25. 18 Back at Loos
  26. 19 Wounded
  27. 20 For Blight