Massacre of the Innocents: the Crofton Diaries Ypres 1914-1915

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert; Acknowledgements; Maps of Western Front and Eastern Front; Ypres Then and Now -- Editor's Note; Biographical Note on Lieutenant Colonel Sir Morgan Crofton, Bt DSO by Edward Crofton; Volume I: October 27 -- December 3, 1914; Volume II: December 4, 1914 -- January 5, 1915; Volume III: January 6 -- February 18, 1915; Volume IV: February 19 -- April 14, 1915; Volume V: April 15 -- May 29, 1915; Volume VI: May 30 -- June 18, 1915; Epilogue; Select Bibliography.;Approaching World War I as an adventurer with the high spirits of many of his age and background, Sir Morgan Crofton soon discovered the combination of terror and tedium afforded by static warfare in the machine-gun age. His diary describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons like gas and hand grenades entered the fray. Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert.