“In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for...”
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Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs was an English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. Two of his siblings were also writers, A. Hamilton Gibbs and Cosmo Hamilton, as was his own son, Anthony. Source: wikipedia I believe Philip Gibbs also wrote the following books: A Master of Life (about 1900) Interlectual Manners SW Helen of Lancaster Gate Paradice for Sale Broken Pledges (all possibly 1920s - 1930s) Called Back (1952) Brian Reid brian@brianreidfundraising.com.au
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“In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for...”
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“We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.”
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“When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. W...”
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