As the Daily Mail’s accredited correspondent at Sir John French’s headquarters, Valentine Williams spent six months with the British Army in Flanders in 1915. He describes the war of positions, the fight for the Ypres salient, billets and castles, the workings of GHQ, the Chief himself, the firing line, trench comradeship and the Prince of Wales at the front.
A detailed inside view of the BEF’s first year, by a writer later known for his thrillers. Download the free EPUB.