The Great Push: An Episode of the Great War (2000)

by Patrick MacGill

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Patrick MacGill enlisted with the London Irish Rifles in 1915 and The Great Push is the resultant work, written during the Battle of Loos. This story recounts the fear, resilience, humour, and fatalism of those who fought at the raw edge of one of the most terrifying wars ever to have been waged.

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Brilliant evocation of life in the trenches at the Western Front in World War 1. McGill was a stretcher-bearer with the London Irish Regiment and he details the events before and after the battle of Loos in September 1915. The book details the horror of trench warfare interlaced with humour as McGill and his comrades live on the edge of death daily . This a classic war novel which conveys the resilience of men including the author as they experience the tragic loss of friends and comrades in that terrible war. (

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Patrick MacGill enlisted with the London Irish Rifles in 1915 and The Great Push is the resultant work, written during the Battle of Loos. This story recounts the fear, resilience, humour, and fatalism of those who fought at the raw edge of one of the most terrifying wars ever to have been waged.

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