Download or read book AUSTRALIA AT WAR 20 Illustrations about soldiers lives at the Somme and Ypres written by Will Dyson and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are 20 illustrations made during the winters at Ypres and on the Somme by Will Dyson, even though he was wounded in their making. Dyson (1880 – 1938) the official illustrator for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). They reflect the misery and the depression of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of the soldiers exaltations or the typical cheerfulness which accompanied the Anzacs. It is always difficult for a creative person, like an artist, to remain positive when faced with the horrors of war, but especially the horrors that WWI, the first modern war, brought. However, it is the soul rather than the body that he has drawn here, drawn out in long fantastic lines. In any case the lightest, wildest or even crudest sketch scratched down by Dyson has always had more of the true grip of gravity than the whole of the Royal Academy. Indeed there is something significant in all that white light and sharp shadow which belongs to such dramatic scenes, and is so favourable to the art of black and white. There is even something of allegory in that awful and empty daylight in which armies live, so often without a stick of roof or a rag of curtain. All the soldiers in a great war are historical characters; but these are rather specially standing, not against court or camp, but only against the sky. They are under a light which will indeed prove eternal; even as compared with other historic groups their contribution has been written into the annals of history and will continue to be known forevermore. 10% of the net sale will be donated to charities by the publisher. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Australia at War, Will Dyson, World War One, World War 1, World War I, WWI, WW1, official, illustrations, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, twenty, 20, Australian, ANZAC, New Zealand, Kiwi, Okker, Aussie, Bringing Up The Stew, Report, Battery, Dead Beat, The Cook, Group, Looking For, Battalion, Mate, Tunnellers, Under, German Territory, Coming Out, The Somme, Ypres, Battle of, Labour Battalion Man, Back, Waggon Lines, Polygon Wood, Delville Wood, Lightly Wounded, Menin Road, Dressing Station, Stretcher-Bearers, Martinpuich, Peronne, Waiting For The Stew, food, hot, In The Tunnel, Hill 60, Fatalist, Outside, Pill Box, Hanging About, Down, The Ridge, France, Flanders, fields, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Download or read book Australia at War written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "AUSTRALIA AT WAR", with over twenty original illustrations, is an account of an Australian soldier during World War 1. This book is considered historically significant.
Download or read book Australia at War written by Will Dyson and published by Ithink Books. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of drawings, made during the winters at Ypres and on the Somme reflects more the misery and the depression of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of their exaltations or their cheerfulnesses. Here and now-here on the new Somme and now when Spring is about us in a land upon which War has not had time to fully wreak his wicked will-these two latter qualities are dominant. In the spirit of Dernancourt and of Villers-Bretonneux the selection made from my drawings may seem to overstress this winter note. They are not primarily cheerful-but it is open to doubt whether we are behaving generously in demanding that the soldier who is saving the world for us should provide us with a fund of light entertainment while doing it. The truth is that War has many moods and nothing more is hoped than that the selection made from my drawings and my notes may record something of the one of its moods to which I was temperamentally most attuned during those bad seasons on the Somme and at Ypres. W. D., France, May, 1918.
Download or read book WITH LAWRENCE IN ARABIA The Recorded Adventures of T E Lawrence in Arabia written by Lowell Thomas and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are the facts of the story of T.E. Lawrence and his adventures and achievement in Arabia, collated by Lowell Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) and his cameraman Harry Chase who traveled with T E Lawrence during 1917 and 1918. In Thomas’ own words: “To do this I must turn back the pages of time to the days when, accompanied by my photographic colleague, Mr. Harry A. Chase, and two other assistants, I left America to gather information and secure a pictorial record of the various phases of the struggle that was then in progress all the way from the North Sea to far-off Arabia. We had set forth early in 1917 and were expected to return at the end of a year or so to help in the work of stimulating enthusiasm for the Allied cause. First we went to the Western Front, but the trenches had little to inspire the American public. We then went to Italy where he heard of General Allenby's campaign against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine. We travelled to Palestine as an accredited war correspondent, where in late 1917 we met Capt. T. E. Lawrence in Jerusalem. It is from this point on I began to collect the pieces of the story of Allenby’s conquest of the Holy Land, and the hitherto unknown story of Lawrence and the war in the Land of the Arabian Nights, which was later dramatised in the film “Lawrence of Arabia.” During the time that Mr. Chase and I were in Arabia, I found it impossible to extract information from Lawrence himself regarding his own achievements. He insisted on giving the entire credit to Emir Feisal and other Arab leaders, and to his fellow-adventurers, Colonel Wilson, of the Sudan, Newcombe, Joyce, Dawney, Bassett, Vickery, Cornwallis, Hogarth, Stirling, etc., all of whom did magnificent work in Arabia. So to them I went for much of my material, and I am indebted to various members of this group of brilliant men whom General Clayton used in his Near Eastern Secret Corps. Eager to tell me of the achievements of their quiet, scholarly companion, they refused to say much about themselves, although their own deeds rivaled those of the heroes of “The Arabian Nights.” However, there are others infinitely better qualified than I to give the world a full account of the Arabian Revolution. But it is to Lawrence himself that we must look for the inside story of the war in the Land of the Arabian Nights. 10% of the profit from this book will be donated to charities. Yesterday’s Books for Today’s Charities. =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Lawrence of Arabia, Action and adventure, Allenby, Arabia, Bassett, campaign, Captain, Harry Chase, Clayton, Colonel T. E. Lawrence, Cornwallis, Dawney, Eastern, Emir, Empire, Feisal, film, General, heroes, Italy, Jerusalem, Joyce, Lowell Thomas, nitroglycerine, Palestine, Revolution, Sudan, train, travel, trenches, tulips, Turkish, world war 1, Arabian Knights, Lost Civilizations, Archaeologist, Soldier, Cult, Blood of Mohammed, Jeddah, Mecca, Desert Tribes, Battles, Abu El Lissal, Capture, King Solomon, Ancient Seaport, Red Sea, Seil El Hasa, Train-Wrecker, Milk of War, Auda Abu Tayi, Bedouin, Black Tents, Camel, Abdullah the Pock-Marked, Ferraj and Daoud, Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth, Rose-Red City, Half as Old as Time, Bedouin Battle, City of Ghosts Enemy Lines, Disguise, Hoax, Trojan Horse, Cavalry, Naval Engagement, Last Great Raid, Ottoman Empire , Damascus, Treachery, Secret Corps, Joyce & Co, Knights of the Air, Battle of Paris, Escape Death, Feisal and Hussein, Flee, London, King in Bagdad, Secret of Success
Download or read book Australia at War written by Will Dyson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia at War written by Will Dyson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of drawings, made during the winters at Yp-res and on the Somme reflects more the misery and the depres-sion of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of their exaltations or their cheerfulnesses.Here and now--here on the new Somme and now when Spring is about us in a land upon which War has not had time to fully wreak his wicked will--these two latter qualities are dominant. In the spirit of Dernancourt and of Villers-Bretonneux the selection made from my drawings may seem to overstress this winter note. They are not primarily cheerful--but it is open to doubt whether we are behaving generously in demanding that the soldier who is saving the world for us sho-uld provide us with a fund of light entertainment while doing it.The truth is that War has many moods and nothing more is hoped than that the selection made from my drawings and my notes may record something of the one of its moods to which I was temperamentally most attuned during those bad seasons on the Somme and at Ypres.
Download or read book From the Suburbs to the Trenches written by Ralph Seccombe and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Times History of the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia at War a Winter Record Made by Will Dyson on the Somme and at Ypres During the Campaigns of 1916 and 1917 written by Will Dyson and published by London : Cecil Palmer & Hayward. This book was released on 1918 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Western Front written by Stephen Miles and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice and loss of a previous generation. Interest is also being sharpened in the places of war as battle-sites, trench-systems, bunkers and mine craters gain a clearer identity as war heritage. For the first time this book brings together the three strands of heritage, landscape and tourism to provide a fresh understanding of the multi-layered nature of the Western Front. The book approaches the area as a rich dynamic landscape which can be viewed in a startling variety of ways: historically, materially, culturally, and perceptually. To illustrate these two dominant interpretations of the regions landscape commemorative and heritage are highlighted and their relationship to tourism explored. Tourism is a lens through which these layers can be peeled away, and each understood and interacted with according to the individuals own knowledge, motivation, and degree of emotional engagement. Tourism is not regarded here as a passive phenomenon, but as an active agent that can determine, dictate and inscribe this evocative landscape. The Western Front: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism is a timely addition to our increasing interest in the First World War and the places where it was fought. It will be indispensable to those who seek a deeper understanding of the conflict from previously undervalued perspectives.
Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Somme Mud Young Readers Edition written by Will Davies and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully presented young readers’ edition of the bestselling memoir of a young soldier on the First World War’s Western Front. 'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it. We see it, feel it, eat it and curse it, but we can't escape it, not even by dying.' Private Edward Lynch was just 18 when he enlisted in the army. When he returned to Australia almost three years later, he wrote Somme Mud, a vivid account of the horrific realities of trench warfare from an ordinary infantryman’s point of view: the traumatised soldiers and ravaged landscapes, the curious mixture of hatred, empathy and admiration for the equally naive enemy soldiers, the disillusionment and the camaraderie. Lynch’s candour and down-to-earth wit make Somme Mud engaging for any reader, while archival photographs, a full glossary and editor Will Davies’ explanatory chapter introductions make this edition an illuminating text for students. As well as a memoir of one man’s experience of war, Somme Mud is an evocative record of the language and attitudes of early twentieth century Australia.
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the 29th Division a Record of Gallant Deeds written by Stair Agnew Gillon and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of the British Army's 29th Division and it's service during the Great War as told through narratives provided by the three divisional commanders and others. Though the majority of the men were English, there were also men from all over the British Isles and Empire, including the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. In describing the battles fought by these men, Gillon enlightens readers on the Division's hard work, success, and above all, courage.
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eyewitness World War I written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the First World War. From disaster to victory, Eyewitness World War I captivates readers and gives insight into life in the muddy trenches, and what it was like to be a soldier, along with a broader picture of the world-changing events that led to the start of the conflict. More than 250 photographs, illustrating the people, places, and stories, give a unique eyewitness view of the conflict called the "war to end all wars." DK Eyewitness World War I expertly illustrates the lessons of the First World War and how they impact our world today. This museum in a book uses striking full-color photographs and illustrations of warfare, weaponry, vehicles, maps, and secret documents along with amazing facts, infographics, statistics, and timelines to reveal this conflict as never before. Part of the best-selling DK Eyewitness series, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature - fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.
