The Black Watch
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Publisher Description
It is an axiom of war that the first troops almost invariably suffer the greatest losses. [Pg 6] The first American units to go into the trenches have suffered a low average of casualties. In one respect they are far better off than were the first British and French troops to meet the Germans. They know what they are going up against. Modern warfare is a determined quantity. They know the methods of the men they will fight against and they have allies able to instruct them in the art of fighting as it is practised to-day.
Customer Reviews
The Black Watch by Joe Cassells
A highly readable first person narrative of the Royal Highlanders during the early stages of WW1. Understandably written with an anti-German bias, some anecdotes read more like propaganda than history. Nonetheless, the book gives an interesting perspective on the day to day lives of men placed in the most extraordinary circumstances.