Attack: An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st 1916

by Edward G D Liveing

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Genres: History, World War I

42 pages, Paperback

First published February 26, 2009

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Subaltern Edward G.D. Liveing takes you into the trenches the day of the British attack on the Somme. You wake up in the morning only to learn that one of the men who served under you has just had the back of his neck blown away by shrapnel...you spend a good part of the day on the side of the road to your destination, just looking at the sky...wondering if it is the last time you will see it...you 'go over'. ‘Hell's foundations quiver…’ yet ever forward...through smoke as machine gun bullets rake the ground on all sides around you and shrapnel rains down hot metal on you. Highest recommendation!

[Brantley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since I have neglected reading much on WWI, I though that brief memoirs and stories would be an interesting start to learning about the topic. This, my first on the Great War, provides a gripping account of the author's experience in an attack across no-man's-land to take a well fortified German trench. Although the ending does drag on slightly, the account is fascinating and definitely worth the hour or so it takes to read.

[Rob Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good first-hand account of the first battle say at the Somme. Vividly written.