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WATSON (Major W.H.L. [DSO, DCM]) Adventures of a Despatch Rider. 1st Ed., xii+272pp., 7 maps (inc. eps., one fldg.). Blackwood. 1915  #63564
[HLMainPic] Volunteer DR attd. to 5th Divisional Signal Coy. in 1914: Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, the move to the north, La Bassee & First Ypres. "The author of these reminiscences volunteered for service as a motor-cyclist on the outbreak of war. His story covers the period from Mons to the fighting near La Bassee in the winter of 1914, but the events of the first two months are the most interesting part of it." - Falls. Orig. pictorial cloth, sp. sl. dull o/w VG & a comparatively nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £35

     




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