Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Troopship after troopship had crossed the Channel carrying Sir John French's little army to the Continent, while the boasted German fleet, impotent to menace the safety of our transports, lay helpless - bottled up, to quote Mr. Asquith's phrase, in the in glorious seclusion of their own ports.

Never before had a British Expeditionary Force been organised, equipped and dispatched so swiftly for service in the field. The energies of the War Office had long been applied to the creation of a small but highly efficient striking force ready for instant action. And now the time for action had come. The force was ready. From the harbours the troopships steamed away, their decks crowded with cheery soldiers, their flags waving a proud challenge to any disputant of Britain's com mand of the sea.

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