Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dehongliad newydd o Frwydr Mametz, Gorffennaf 1916, un o frwydrau mwyaf gwaedlyd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae'n adrodd yr hanes o safbwynt milwyr y ddwy ochr ac yn defnyddio ffynonellau cynradd, yn cynnwys cofnodion personol a ffotograffau a gaiff eu cyhoeddi am y tro cyntaf.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This work is a new interpretation of the First World War battle for Mametz Wood in July 1916, telling the story of those terrible days from the viewpoint of soldiers on both sides. It uses primary sources, including personal accounts and photographs which are published for the first time.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Written by acclaimed military historian Jonathan Hicks who has won the Victorian Military Society’s top award for his work on the Anglo-Zulu War and in 2010 was awarded the Western Front Association Shield for his work on Barry and the Great War. He has also written novels on the battle at Mametz, including The Dead of Mametz and Demons Walk Among Us .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

This work is a new interpretation of the First World War battle for Mametz Wood in July 1916, telling the story of those terrible days from the viewpoint of soldiers on both sides. It uses primary sources, including personal accounts and photographs which are published for the first time, as well as material translated from the original Welsh; in addition, the memories left behind by German survivors are presented (many unpublished in English before) to give hitherto unseen balance to the conflict. The attack of the 38th (Welsh) Division on the German positions in Mametz Wood in July 1916, the second week of the Battle of the Somme, would cost it some 4,000 casualties. It led to a slur on the honour of the division that has endured for a century. This citizen force, composed of miners from the Rhondda, farmers from Caernarvon and Anglesey, coal trimmers from the docks at Barry and Cardiff, bank workers from Swansea and men from a whole host of other backgrounds and occupations from the counties of Wales, came