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Like so many of the major battles of World War I, the Battle of Loos, in September 1915, was a tragedy for fighting men on both sides. It was, however, particularly devastating for Scottish soldiers, as the Highland Light Infantry, the Seaforths, and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders bore the brunt of the German machine gun attacks, to devastating effect.
This novel tells the story of the Battle of Loos through the eyes of Kenny Roberts, a soldier serving with the Fourth Black Watch alongside the Punjabi Muslims of the Vaughan's Rifles; it brings the tragedy of Loos to life in vivid, unforgettable detail.
This novel tells the story of the Battle of Loos through the eyes of Kenny Roberts, a soldier serving with the Fourth Black Watch alongside the Punjabi Muslims of the Vaughan's Rifles; it brings the tragedy of Loos to life in vivid, unforgettable detail.
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Chris Moore is a journalist who also works for Miraj Audio, Britain’s leading publisher of Islamic audio books for children. He was previously a BBC foreign correspondent and university lecturer in Papua New Guinea.
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- PublisherUniform Press
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1910500305
- ISBN 13 9781910500309
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Hoarse Oaths of Fife re-fights in novel form the Battle of Loos, 25th September, 1915,surpassed by far every previous slaughter of Scottish fighting men. The German machine guns reaped them in swathes - the Highland Light Infantry at Mad Point, the Seaforths at Fosse 8, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Cuinchy brick stacks. The flower of Scotland's infantry did reach their objective, the coal-mining village of Loos, with Piper Laidlaw standing on his parapetto urge them on. But they went too far and lost direction and ended up like all the rest,heaped in dead mounds. At the northernmost point of the British line, the Fourth Black Watch stormed across No Man's Land with the Punjabi Muslims of the Vaughan's Rifles behind them. Their share of glory was a private massacre all to themselves, a fate brought to life in tragic detail through the experience of Kenny Roberts, Great War veteran, who through his profane reverence for his native soil is destined to become a clarion voice in Scottish fiction.The Battle of Loos centenary is September 2015.No fiction has re-told the battle of Loos with anything like this power of characterisation before.It is the first fiction in English to reveal what happened to the children begotten of French and Belgian women who fraternised with the Muslim soldiers of the Indian Army on the Western Front. A fiercely intelligent debut novel featuring the Battle of Loos, 1915, where Scottish soldiers went into action alongside Muslim comrades serving in the Indian Army. They waivered; they endured; they did not break. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781910500309
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Hoarse Oaths of Fife re-fights in novel form the Battle of Loos, 25th September, 1915,surpassed by far every previous slaughter of Scottish fighting men. The German machine guns reaped them in swathes - the Highland Light Infantry at Mad Point, the Seaforths at Fosse 8, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Cuinchy brick stacks. The flower of Scotland's infantry did reach their objective, the coal-mining village of Loos, with Piper Laidlaw standing on his parapetto urge them on. But they went too far and lost direction and ended up like all the rest,heaped in dead mounds. At the northernmost point of the British line, the Fourth Black Watch stormed across No Man's Land with the Punjabi Muslims of the Vaughan's Rifles behind them. Their share of glory was a private massacre all to themselves, a fate brought to life in tragic detail through the experience of Kenny Roberts, Great War veteran, who through his profane reverence for his native soil is destined to become a clarion voice in Scottish fiction.The Battle of Loos centenary is September 2015.No fiction has re-told the battle of Loos with anything like this power of characterisation before.It is the first fiction in English to reveal what happened to the children begotten of French and Belgian women who fraternised with the Muslim soldiers of the Indian Army on the Western Front. A fiercely intelligent debut novel featuring the Battle of Loos, 1915, where Scottish soldiers went into action alongside Muslim comrades serving in the Indian Army. They waivered; they endured; they did not break. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781910500309
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