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