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A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916 by Arthur Conan Doyle explores world war, 1914-1918, personal narratives, world war, 1914-1918, personal narratives.
A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916 is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. Its subjects include World War, 1914-1918, Personal narratives, World war, 1914-1918, personal narratives.
From the opening pages: “In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. I was asked to undertake this mission. In order to carry it out properly, I stipulated that I should be allowed to visit the British lines first, so that I might have some standard of comparison. The War Office kindly assented to my request. Later I obtained permission to pay a visit to the French front as well. Thus it was my great good fortune, at the very crisis of the war, to visit the battle line of each of the three great Western allies. I only wish that it had been within my power to complete my experiences in this seat of war by seeing the gallant little Belgian army which has…”
