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In the side shows
Title
In the side shows / by Captain Wedgwood Benn, D.S.O., D.F.C., M.P.
Published
London ; New York : Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
Physical Description
xii, 310, [1] pages : frontispiece plates, portraits, maps, facsimile ; 22 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Graham 1197: Signature of J. French on front endpaper. Bibliographic clip tipped in on front endpaper.
Summary
"The following pages hardly touch on the famous incidents of the War. There is no record of its chief events, no echo of its great controversies. This book is the simple diary of a citizen soldier, a story of four years of happy adventure whose measure of variety was pressed down and running over. But I have attempted more than a story. The War was an education for millions and I have tried to explain how it influenced me." --W.B., from the Introduction.
Other formats
Online version: Stansgate, William Wedgwood Benn, Viscount, 1877-1960. In the side shows. London, New York [etc.] Hodder and Stoughton, 1919
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2018
Contents
The national relief fund
With the yeomanry to Egypt
Life in the desert
From Egypt to Gallipoli
The last fight at Suvla Bay
The boredome of the Dardanelles
The system and the ranks
The system and the officer
Is militarism a sure defence?
Seaplanes in the East
El Arish and Jaffa
June flying in the Aden Hinterland
The king of the Hedjaz
"Mecca One"
Home via the Sudan
Patrolling the Syrian and Arabian coasts
An air campaign against the Bagdad Railway
Mainly about Cyprus
The luckless "Perisvet"
The loss of the "Ben-my-chree"
An Admiral Chrichton
The evacuation of Castelorizo
Dining with the Omdeh
A mudir at work
A coptic wedding
Municipal government and voluntary rates
An Egyptian gentleman's opinions
British officials in Egypt
Getting "wings"
Aircraft v. submarines
The Bourbon kingdom
Our Italian air alliance
Two wings at work
Air raids from both points of view
The home of Petrarch and Virgil
Chivalry and battle
Tuscan cities
Perugia
Assisi
Orvieto
Cassino
The Adriatic Coast
On secret service
Barker, V.C.
If we failed!
An air-fight in the dark
We drop Tandura
The life of a spy.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Biography.
Personal narratives - British.
Also listed under
John Winston Graham Aeronautical Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
England London.
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