Project Gutenberg 2009-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 128 Liveing, Edward G. D. (Edward George Downing) 1895 1963 Masefield, John 1878 1967 18008679 Attack: An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 Produced by Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Attack: An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916" by Liveing is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book provides a vivid depiction of the Battle of the Somme, focusing on one infantry officer's perspective during a specific and harrowing attack on the fortified village of Gommecourt. Through personal reflections and detailed observations, the author conveys the physical and emotional challenges faced by soldiers in the trenches. The narrative follows Edward G.D. Liveing as he recounts the events leading up to and during the attack on July 1, 1916. Intertwined with a sense of anticipation and dread, Liveing describes the chaotic preparations, the steely resolve of his platoon, and the brutal reality of combat as they charge into No Man's Land. As the battle unfolds, Liveing documents the harrowing toll it takes on his men and the overwhelming violence encountered from enemy machine-gun fire. Beyond the physical landscape of war, the book also explores themes of fear, camaraderie, and the humanity that persists amidst destruction, painting a poignant portrait of life at the front during World War I. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 125798 121419 2024-09-12T07:17:55.272210 2023-09-12T10:39:49.766516 text/html text/html 120665 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 43092 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119765 2024-09-12T07:18:01.226178 application/epub+zip 119880 2024-09-12T07:17:58.024193 application/epub+zip 117759 2024-09-12T07:17:56.978226 application/epub+zip 332551 2024-09-12T07:18:03.462194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314378 2024-09-12T07:18:00.428299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175393 2022-09-13T07:10:37.785206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102477 102267 2024-09-12T07:17:54.855228 2023-09-12T10:39:49.355488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102121 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 39211 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102112 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39174 2021-01-04T18:46:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21314 2024-09-12T07:18:03.624153 application/rdf+xml 25176 2024-09-12T07:17:57.332214 image/jpeg 4722 2024-09-12T07:17:57.154213 image/jpeg 116442 2024-09-12T07:17:55.283216 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia