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With the Allies Richard Harding Davis Books
WW I in France. It is August 1914, the outbreak of WW I. Davis is a newspaperman, who gets to Belgium to report the war. He does not have any credentials from any government or army. Governments and armies were not really welcoming of newspaper men. Much of the first third of the book is about his problems with the army bureaucrats, mostly German, who did not want him there reporting on the war. His US passport has a picture of him in a copy of a colonial African uniform. This is a problem as the Germans accuse him of spying, and threaten to shoot him as a spy. He dogs the German columns, much of the time on foot, as they are invading Belgium and France. Then later he moves to Paris, behind the French lines. The reporting shows a large improvement at this point, and stops being so much about the reporter, and more about the war. He reports on all of the dead soldiers, and horses, and the wholesale destruction. Many of the horses seized by the Germans, were slaughtered by the Germans as they retreated after their initial thrust towards Paris was pushed back. Apparently, the horses were killed just to keep them out of the hands of the French or British. He reports on the destruction of the French villages, and towns. He talks about the deliberate shelling of the Reims Cathedral that the Germans attributed to counter-battery fire against French artillery located about a mile from the Cathedral. It was an obvious excuse, and a lie about why they intentionally destroyed the Reims Cathedral and much of the town. Except for the first part which was mostly about him, I found this a very interesting account by someone who was there on the battlefields.Product details
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With the Allies Richard Harding Davis Books Reviews
the print is so small I have to use a magnifying glass.
Tells the story of a war corespondent's adventures in early World War One, before the US entered the war. a lot of color and background but not much history.
Very interesting stories of WWI.
So well written...I felt I was right there in the midst of it.
The writing style from WWI to now has changed and I had to read a sentence over and over for it to sink in. It's an excellent book. If you're interested in a first hand account of the WWI this is a very good one.
What a splendid find. Impeccable reporting by and extraordinary writer who not only was there but can make you almost feel like you were too. My only complaint is that it is too short. I wanted more.
Book obviously written by frustrated journalist who is not allowed to print what he sees. There are more actual war stories in the first half of the book, while the last section spoke more about what it was like to be a correspondent from a neutral country. I particularly enjoyed a couple of chapters near the end which described the behavior of his fellow Americans in Europe as they are inconvenienced by the war. I recommend the book.
WW I in France. It is August 1914, the outbreak of WW I. Davis is a newspaperman, who gets to Belgium to report the war. He does not have any credentials from any government or army. Governments and armies were not really welcoming of newspaper men. Much of the first third of the book is about his problems with the army bureaucrats, mostly German, who did not want him there reporting on the war. His US passport has a picture of him in a copy of a colonial African uniform. This is a problem as the Germans accuse him of spying, and threaten to shoot him as a spy. He dogs the German columns, much of the time on foot, as they are invading Belgium and France. Then later he moves to Paris, behind the French lines. The reporting shows a large improvement at this point, and stops being so much about the reporter, and more about the war. He reports on all of the dead soldiers, and horses, and the wholesale destruction. Many of the horses seized by the Germans, were slaughtered by the Germans as they retreated after their initial thrust towards Paris was pushed back. Apparently, the horses were killed just to keep them out of the hands of the French or British. He reports on the destruction of the French villages, and towns. He talks about the deliberate shelling of the Reims Cathedral that the Germans attributed to counter-battery fire against French artillery located about a mile from the Cathedral. It was an obvious excuse, and a lie about why they intentionally destroyed the Reims Cathedral and much of the town. Except for the first part which was mostly about him, I found this a very interesting account by someone who was there on the battlefields.
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