Author: Robert Valentine Dolbey
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-06-25
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 3387338368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Robert Valentine Dolbey
Publisher:
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Sketches of General Smuts' campaign of 1916 in German East Africa."--Introd.
Author: Dolbey Robert Valentine
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2016-06-20
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781318707416
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Capt Robert V Dolbey R a M C
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-01-25
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781469965482
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These sketches of General Smuts' campaign of 1916 in German East Africa, do not presume to give an accurate account of the tactical or strategical events of this war. The actual knowledge of the happenings of war and of the considerations that persuade an Army Commander to any course of military conduct must, of necessity, be a closed book to the individual soldier. To the fighting man himself and to the man on the lines of communication, who helps to feed and clothe and arm and doctor him, the history of his particular war is very meagre. War, to the soldier, is limited to the very narrow horizon of his front, the daily work of his regiment, or, at the most, of his brigade. Rarely does news from the rest of one brigade spread to the troops of another in the field. Only in the hospital that serves the division are the events of his bit of war correlated and reduced to a comprehensive whole. Even then the resulting knowledge is usually wrong. For the imagination of officers, and of men in particular, is wonderful, and rumour has its birthplace in the hospital ward. One may take it as an established fact that the ordinary regimental officer or soldier knows little or nothing about events other than his particular bit of country. Only the Staff know, and they will not tell. Sometimes we have thought that all the real news lives in the cloistered brain of the General and his Chief of Staff. Be this as it may, we always got fuller and better correlated and co-ordinated news of the German East African Campaign from "Reuter" or from The Times weekly edition.
Author: Frank Reid ((Member of the 9th (Sportsmen) S.A.I., 10th Composite Regiment, and 8th S.A.I.))
Publisher:
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Valentine Dolbey
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Published: 2014-05-21
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781473313866
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →""The bulk of these ""Sketches"" were written without any thought of publication. It was my practice in ""writing home"" to touch upon different features of the campaign or of my daily experiences, and only when I returned to England to find that kind hands had carefully preserved these hurried letters, did it occur to me that, grouped together, they might serve to throw some light on certain aspects of the East Africa campaign, which might not find a place in a more elaborate history."" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.