There's a Devil in the Drum by John F. Lucy

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. A great bonus is the description of life in the ranks in that long long ago just before the Great War. As a critic wrote in 1938, ‘it is easily the best written by an Irishman’ - arguably still true. This is a superb book, one of the best written by a ‘ranker’, all the better for being one of the very few to describe those early battles of 1914. Brought up to strength it suffered the same fate at First Ypres. The battalion was involved in desperate fighting in front of Neuve Chapelle in October 1914, losing 181 killed in four days and virtually ceasing to exist, reduced to two officers and 46 men. THERE'S a DEVIL in THE DRUM by John F Lucy. There follow brilliant accounts of Mons, Le Cateau and the retreat to the Marne, the turn of the tide and the Battle of the Aisne where his brother was killed. Lucy and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Without Trumpet or DrumJohn Sanders, A A Guide To Obtaining A Psychology. Subsequently they moved to Tidworth where the battalion was on 4 August 1914, in 7th Bde 3rd Division ten days later they were in France. : Theres a Devil in the Drum (9781847340061) by Lucy, John F. Probability and Stochastic ProcessesFrederick Solomon, LIVRE BLANC ANGLAIS. Details Or fastest delivery Friday, February 17. The New York Concert Saloon: The Devils Own Nights (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)Brooks McNamara, Racecourses on the FlatJohn Tyrrel. John Terraine, ed., General jack's Diary 19141918 (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964), p. John Lucy, an Irishman from Cork, enlisted in an Ulster regiment, The Royal Irish Rifles, with his younger brother in January 1912, and after six months at the Depot they joined the 2nd Bn in Dover. There's A Devil In The Drum: There's A Devil In The Drum: .uk: Lucy, John F.: 9781843421108: Books Biography Historical Britain Buy new: 9.95 FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, February 20 on your first eligible order to UK or Ireland. Lucy, There's a Devil in the Drum (Faber & Faber, 1938), p.

There's a Devil in the Drum by John F. Lucy