WORLD WAR I.

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The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining. First edition, the copy of the military historian Major Archibald Frank Becke. Attached to the Historical Section (Military Branch) of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Becke was a major contributor to the British official history of the First World War.For the History of the Great War Based on Official Documents, Becke (1871-1974) compiled the six order of battle volumes and contributed maps and sketches, research, and writing to other volumes, Falls praising Becke's cartography and drawings as "probably superior to anything of their kind in previous military histories." During the conflict, he served with the Royal Field Artillery. His bookplate and July 1924 ownership inscription are on the front pastedown.Illustrated with dozens of plans and photographic plates, the three sections in this work concern the history of military mining, its technical aspects, and procedures used for rescue operations.

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