The Great War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman
by
Colonel Spackman, Tony Spackman
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
This edited diary is Colonel Bill Spackman’s extraordinary personal record of his experiences as the Medical Officer of an Indian Infantry battalion during the Mesopotamian Campaign 1914 – 1916. In particular he describes the harrowing events of the five month siege of Kut and, after the surrender...