Battle, Capture & Escape: the Experiences of a Canadian Light Infantryman During the Great War

by George Pearson

Book Overview

Battlefield to breakout and bid for freedom

When Corporal Edwards' regiment-Princess Patricia's Regiment-went into the line in France during the Great War nothing could prepare its men for the overwhelming assaults they would experience from the attacking German forces. After an heroic struggle followed by hand-to-hand fighting his battalion was overrun and all but annihilated. Edwards and a few of his surviving comrades were spared and taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184677599X
• ISBN13: 9781846775994
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"