Mr Standfast

By: Buchan, John

As we slipped up the Thames valley on the smooth Great Western line I had reflected ruefully on the thorns in the path of duty. For more than a year I had never been out of khaki, except the months I spent in hospital. They gave me my battalion before the Somme, and I came out of that weary battle after the first big September fighting with a crack in my head and a D.S.O. I had received a C.B. for the Erzerum business, so what with these and my Matabele and South African medals and the Legion of Honour, I had a chest like the High Priest's breastplate. I rejoined in January, and got a brigade on the eve of Arras. There we had a star turn, and took about as many prisoners as we put infantry over the top. After that we were hauled out for a month, and subsequently planted in a bad bit on the Scarpe with a hint that we would soon be used for a big push. Then suddenly I was ordered home to report to the War Office, and passed on by them to Bullivant and his merry men.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08NRX1V37
• ISBN13: 9798565908138
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"