Book description
From the heat and dust of the Dardanelles to the mud of the Western
Front, Corporal Angus Mackay had one constant companion, his diary. He
wrote of the battles and campaigns he fought in, names that would go
down in history: Gallipoli, the Somme, Ypres and Arras. Serving in the
the 1st/5th Battalion (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots and later
the 88th Brigade Machine Gun Corps, he left a record of one man's
extraordinary and tragic war. In Somewhere in Blood Soaked France,
Alasdair Sutherland reveals this previously unpublished account of the
First World War, complete with historical context, orders of battle
and extracts from official war diaries. This rare source - it was an
offence to keep a record in a case of capture - offers a stirring
insight into the bravery of Mackay and his companions, who were not
afraid to die for their country. 'If I go under it will be in a good
cause, so roll on the adventure.'
