THE BATTLE BOOK OF YPRES, The Ypres Times. 239 The Salient Hold! From a drawing by Captain Ernest H. Shepard, M.C. Compiled by Beatrix BricE with the assistance of Lieut.-General Sir William PulTENey, K.C.B., &c. Foreword by Field-Marshal Lord Plumer, G.C.B. John Murray. Price 10s. 6d. post free lis. The great success of The Immortal Salient, now in its fourth edition, has given en couragement for the compilation of this "book, which is a further development of the same subject. But it is something more, in that it is really the memorial volume long contemplated by the Ypres League. We are given firstly a short, accurate, and graphic account of the fighting in the Salient from 1914 to 1918. All the historic places are then described in alphabetical order, so that every part of the holy ground of British armsis made vivid with accounts of notable events or stirring deeds of valour connected with them. These accounts are collected from many sources, including unpublished regimental records and personal reminiscences. It is a unique record of the Salient, and its appeal will be large, as there are but few who served in France who have no stirring memories of Ypres. PRESS NOTICES. Extract from Truth. A welcome supplement to the same author's The Immortal Salient, already in its fourth edition. In the present volume the desperate fighting that took place to hold that historic position and save the Channel ports is described in detail with vivid dramatic force, it is an inspiring book which cannot fail to give every Englishman a thrill of pride in the reading of it. Extract from Daily Mail. The authors of a new and moving account of the noble deeds of the British Army are already well known to a wide public by their work The Immortal Salient, which is now in its fourth edition. The two books are indispensable guides to the fighting and the terrain on which it took place, prepared with all imaginable care, with the fullest information, and written in the right spirit." Extract from Yorkshire Post. The method of the book is completely success ful. It makes a record of the Salient which has a wide and glorious appeal, and it is embellished by perfect reproductions of three famous pictures. The book is a necessity on every pilgrimage to Ypres. There is no quoting from these shin ing stories. But the book gleams of greatness on every page, it is a paramount record." Extract from Daily Express. Fifty pages are given to a general sketch of the entire struggle for the Salienta story that may rank in history with the siege of Troyand then come 200 pages of detailed inci dents connected with every named spot in the Salient. No such record has been made before, and it will probably be treasured by those who read it like a family Bible or an old copy of Homer." Extract from Scotsman (from leading article after quotations) The story of Ypres is one of the great sagas of history. Reading through the memorial volume, The Battle Book of Ypres, compiled by Beatrix Brice, with the assistance of Lieut.- General Sir William Pulteney, one's imagination thrills to the memory of glorious names. Relates in graphic form a great epic of the War."

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The Ypres Times (1921-1936) | 1927 | | pagina 29