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Private Papers of Major General G Brunskill CB MC: Book XLIII : Personal Collection; Personal Narrative; Memoir; Diary/Journal; Photograph; Manuscript 1918.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brunskill, Major General G, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- 1918
- Language Note:
- Text in English, German, Italian.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on November 21, 2018).
- AMDigital Reference: Documents.12512.
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