Vicissitudes of War
The latest in the series. Coming soon… .
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The Battle of Mount Sorrel
. The Battle of Mount Sorrel June 2-13, 1916. On the morning of June 2nd, a hurricane of shellfire descended on the Canadian line on the heights from Hooge to Mount Sorrel. Trenches caved in, defenders obliterated.The divisional commander, Major-General …
A War for King and Empire just released
A War for King and Empire is now out! The third in the Malcolm MacPhail WW1 series. Available most of the places you might expect. In trade paperback and e-book editions. .
A War for King and Empire
The new Malcolm MacPhail WW1 novel
My Hundred Days of War: a “Best Book of 2018”
Selected by Open Letters Review as one of the Best Books of 2018 (number 3 on the list, Mystery)..
The Battle of Valenciennes 1918
The final two weeks of October 1918 had seen substantial gains by Allied armies along the entire front. Never in the war were the advances so swift, the distances so far. What had been a war of trenches was transformed …
My Hundred Days of War, October 16th, 2018
My Hundred Days of War, the sequel to Malcolm MacPhail’s Great War, was published today. The jacket illustration comes largely from this shot, taken 100 years and 7 days ago in the northern French city of Cambrai by a Canadian …
The capture of Cambrai October 9th, 1918
To the weary troops, the very name Cambrai was special: the largest French city awaiting liberation, and visions of its grandeur flowed. Early on the morning of October 9th 1918 the first Canadian troops tentatively entered the city. The battle …
The second Battle of Cambrai 1918
By the 28th of September 1918, if ever thoughts arose that the German army was on its last legs, the battle of Cambrai soon dispelled them. This northern French city, an ancient capital, had been in German hands since 1914, …
Battle of the Canal du Nord
Bounced from the formidable Drocourt-Quéant Line three weeks earlier, the army of General von Below withdrew behind the Canal du Nord, blowing bridges as it went. The Canal du Nord, 20-metres wide with marshes, trenches and machine-gun nests behind, ran …