Each element of the battle is given further individual detail with concise, yet suitably detailed analysis., thus enabling the reader to get to grips with the chronological progression of of the battle.  One such section mentions the situation as faced by the 9th (Scottish) Division at Gauche Wood and Chapel Hill, stating how a position was held at Gauche Wood fro over front hours in the mist before they were overpowered.  

While the book descriptively gives a narrative on the progression of battle, the reader also gains a good feel of the confusion, panic and fighting retreat which so many elements of the British Army faced in the army days of the German Offensive.  

There are over fifty maps which descriptively plot the progress of corps each day. Like all of his books, Rawson use maps consistently and to enable the reader to understand the progression of battle. Again, like all of Rawson's books, this will make a fantastic accompanying text if you are visiting the battlefields.

Jon Sandison - Freelance

The 1916 Battle of the Somme is a well-known chapter of the First World War, but less well known is the offensive of the same name from 1918. This work sets out to correct that imbalance and present the reader with an insightful work covering the German spring offensives, including Operation Michael and the others including Georgette and Mars.

Gun Mart – reviewed by John Norris

Excellent work. 9/10

The Great War magazine, July 2018

My grandfather died in August 1916 at the Battle of the Somme - it is unthinkable that this area wasstill being fought over two years later, but Andrew Rawson's book confirms it in spectacular style, with fine detail and a very readable account of the bravery and sacrifice made by the BEF in the dying months of the war. I don't have to hand the details of which battle/campaign was worst in terms of casualties, but I do know that not only for me, the Somme remains the iconic tragedy of the conflict, and Andrew's book is a worthy commemoration of the men who fought and lost their lives.

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