Abstract
THIS volume, the last of the series prepared by Col. Addison to illustrate the manifold activities of the corps of Royal Engineers during the recent European War, covers a wide range of activities. It shows in what manner the corps rose from 1569 officers and 23,521 other ranks (including Territorials) in August 1914 to 11,830 officers and 225,540 other ranks in August 1918. The mere list of units included in 1918 shows what the developments in warfare had brought under the control of the corps: water boring, sound ranging, tunnelling, gas and anti-gas methods, meteorology, land drainage, forestry, laundry, cinema and camouflage were amongst the many which the engineerin-chief had to organise and supply with stores.
The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914–1918.
Compiled by Col. G. H. Addison. Published by the Secretary, Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham. Miscellaneous. Pp. iii + 372 + 100 plates. (Chatham: W. and J. Mackay and Co., Ltd., 1927.) 20s.
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The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914–1918 . Nature 119, 811 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119811a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119811a0