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Echoes Of Gallipoli: In The Words Of New Zealand's Mounted RiflemenStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionFirst published ten years ago to enthusiastic reviews and critical acclaim, this classic celebrated readable scholarship is now available in paperback. Using their letters and diaries, Echoes of Gallipoli tells the story of Gallipoli through the eyes of the men of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade with the immediacy of actually being there. It is a fresh way of telling history, and one that is sure to find a response among New Zealanders today. The full story is here: the call-up, the sea journey, camp in Egypt, the eventual arrival in Gallipoli, all the battles and skirmishes that were fought there, and finally the remarkable evacuation several months later. Reviews"Echoes of Gallipoli tells the tortuous journey of the NZ Mounted Rifles (NZMR) Brigade from mobilisation in August 1914 through to their evacuation from the Gallipoli peninsula in December 1915." Author descriptionTerry Kinloch retired from the New Zealand Army in 2013 after thirty years of service. This is his first book about the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the First World War, a story continued in Devil's on Horses. In addition to authoring these two books, he has also contributed two Gallipoli chapters to Don MacKay's The Trooper's Tale: The History of the Otago Mounted Rifles. In 2006 he was appointed to be a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He is currently writing a biography of General Sir Alexander Godley. He lives in Wellington with his wife Carol. Table of contentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Prologue 1. War with Germany 2. we might be a long time getting home 3. Egypt 4. When will we fight 5. At last, Gallipoli! 6. The defence of Anzac 7. No. 3 Outpost 8. Life and death on Gallipoli 9. Interlude 10. The Covering Force battle 11. Chunuk Bair 12. New Zealand's finest hour 13. Anyone's mutton 14. So long Johnnie ... Epilogue Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements: photographs and maps Index |