With the New Army on the Somme: My Second Year of the War


Read by Ted Lienhart

Frederick Palmer was already an experienced war correspondent when World War I began in 1914, as he had previously covered six wars, beginning with the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. "With the New Army on the Somme" was his second book about World War I. The story shifts between his first-person accounts from the trenches and Brigade Headquarters to narrations of distant campaigns, the role of the air war, strategic thinking by the Generals, and the coordination of the allies. A lively and intelligent journalistic account that is also a valuable history. - Summary by Ted Lienhart (9 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Back to the Front 24:17 Read by Ted Lienhart
Verdun and Its Sequel 25:07 Read by Ted Lienhart
"Blooding" an Army 21:04 Read by Ted Lienhart
Ready for the Blow 24:26 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Blow 19:15 Read by Ted Lienhart
First Results of the Somme 17:29 Read by Ted Lienhart
Out of the Hopper of Battle 18:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
Forward the Guns! 14:59 Read by Ted Lienhart
When the French Won 14:39 Read by Ted Lienhart
Along the Road to Victory 15:55 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Brigade That Went Through 15:18 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Storming of Contalmaison 18:59 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Great Night Attack 17:16 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Cavalry Goes In 13:10 Read by Ted Lienhart
Enter the Anzacs 14:34 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Australians and a Windmill 16:20 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Hateful Ridge 32:08 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Truly French Affair 10:21 Read by Ted Lienhart
On the Aerial Ferry 14:25 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Ever-Mighty Guns 19:10 Read by Ted Lienhart
By the Way 18:22 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Mastery of the Air 13:11 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Patent Curtain of Fire 15:42 Read by Ted Lienhart
Watching a Charge 18:58 Read by Ted Lienhart
Canada is Stubborn 16:29 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Tanks Arrive 21:35 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Tanks in Action 15:06 Read by Ted Lienhart
Canada is Quick 18:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Harvest of Villages 14:44 Read by Ted Lienhart
Five Generals and Verdun 19:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
Au Revoir, Somme! 6:55 Read by Ted Lienhart