As I stepped over one of the Germans an impulse made me lift him up from the miserable ditch. Propped against the bank, his blond face undisfigured, except by the mud which I wiped from his eyes and mouth with my coat sleeve. Hed evidently been killed while digging, for his tunic was knotted loosely about his shoulders. He didnt look to be more than eighteen. Hoisting him a little higher, I thought what a gentle face he had, and remembered that this was the first time Id ever touched one of our enemies with my hands. Perhaps I had some dim sense of the futility which had put an end to this goodlooking youth. Anyhow I hadnt expected the Battle of the Somme to be quite like this.This firsthand account of the face of battle is as beautifully written as it is historically significant.

Binding: Paperback;304 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 618 g; Dimensions: 148 x 222 x 23

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