Advance from Mons 1914 Bloem Walter
Advance from Mons 1914 Bloem Walter This is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West,…
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Advance from Mons 1914 Bloem Walter
This is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West, July-September 1914. His narrative gives a superb insight into the outbreak of war and his regiment's mobilization, followed by the advance through Belgium and France, including the author's participation at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. Walter Bloem was a Captain in the German 12th Grenadier Regiment (Royal Prussian Grenadier Regiment Prinz Carl von Preuen, 2nd Brandenburg, Nr 12 - to give his unit its full title).
Before the war, the author was a novelist, and The Advance from Mons clearly shows this - it is written with a great eye for detail, careful yet vivid descriptions abound and importantly, His account of what it was like to face Britain's 'Old Contemptibles' at Mons is particularly valuable.