Private Papers of Major General G Brunskill CB MC: Book XLIII : Personal Collection; Personal Narrative; Memoir; Diary/Journal; Photograph; Manuscript 1918.

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2014.

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Description: Diary covering activities on the Italian Front. During heavy bombardment by the Austrians, Brunskill and fellow Scouts relay messages from forward observation posts until communication lines are cut. The Italian lines are taken, but a counterattack the following morning retakes the trenches. General Fanshawe is sent home and replaced with Major General Sir H B Walker, whom Brunskill meets. Brunskill is given an inoculation and describes a weekend excursion to Venice before the battalion moves to Granezza, still on the Asiago Plateau. Brunskill describes the Italian trenches and crawling around No Man's Land to make wire maps and to observe enemy lines.

First world war. Module 3, Visual perspectives and narratives.

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October 22, 2024