Skipman Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 Not a clue what this one is about. Looks interesting , and published 1917? Grossbritannien und sein Heer (1917) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 Without further examination it would appear to be an analysis of "Britians New Army", a military studies publication?? khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 Googling Juliqn Grande reveals that he was a Swiss author with a number of books to his credit, including the one under his name about the Swiss army. With his wife Constance he also wrote books about mountain walking. The title of this one seems to indicate that Haig contributed to it. cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 The title of this one seems to indicate that Haig contributed to it. The way I read it, Martin, is that it includes Haig's Final Despatch, so probably not a direct or original contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 The way I read it, Martin, is that it includes Haig's Final Despatch, so probably not a direct or original contribution. I agree - though it won't be the Final Despatch, which wasn't written until March 1919. It will likely be the most recent published version of one of Haig's earlier Despatches as culled from the wartime British press. Of related interest, I have a copy of the postwar German edition of Haig's Despatches. Published in 1925, its German title is: 'England an der Westfront: Die Marschallberichte an den Obersten Kriegsrat.' It was edited by General Hoffmann, and published by Verlag fur Kulturpolitik, Berlin. Most of the complete English edition of the Despatches is reproduced in this German edition - with one key omission. There is no Final Despatch, which sets out Haig's view of how and why Britain and her allies beat the German Army on the Western Front. The German edition ends with the first paragraph of p. 305 of the English edition. General Hoffmann provides an afterword stating that the omitted Final Despatch contains 'little of military interest'...... George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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