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<br>"''Sepoy in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15'' by Gordon Corrigan, Kent, UK; first edition. 1999; 16 plates; 9 maps; hardcover; 274 pp. An excellent, updated account of the sufferings and heroism of the Indian regiments sent to France in the bitterest of winters clad only in tropical uniforms until transferred to the Mesopotamian Campaign in 1915. The author, a retired Major (late Royal Gurkha Rifles and ex-10GR), 1998), has an authentic feel for the old Indian Army and the times".
“Well worth tracking a copy, both as a fascinating book and a display of how good military history should be written.“<ref> Great War Forum thread Filsell, David. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/214566-indian-re-evaluation/index.php?showtopicdo=214566findComment&pcomment=2122791 Indian Re-evaluation] by David Filsell 17 ''Great War Forum'' 18 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2018.</ref>
For an interview with the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.
*[https://archive.org/details/withguns00foof ''With the Guns''] by F. O. O. [Forward Observation Officer] [Cecil J. C. Street] 1916 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/makingofgunner00streiala ''The Making of a Gunner''] by F. O. O. [Forward Observation Officer] [Cecil J. C. Street] 1916 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/batteryflashes00longrich ''Battery Flashes''] by "Wagger" [Cecil W Longley] 1916 Archive.org. He was an artillery signaller, (who subsequently became an officer) and is considered to have been in the 2nd Gloucester Battery of 1st South Midland Brigade RFA (240 Bde).<ref>Porter, David. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forumsorg/topic/230364-was-wagger-a-real-gunner/?do=findComment&comment=2293112 was "wagger" a real gunner?] ''Great War Forum'' 7 August , 2015. Retrieved 26 September 20173 June 2018.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/my75reminiscence00lintrich ''My .75 : reminiscences of a French gunner of a .75mm battery in 1914''] by Paul Lintier, translated 1917 from the original French ''Ma Pièce. Souvenirs d'un canonnier, 1914. (Avec une batterie de 75.)'' published 1916. Archive.org. A book in the series ''Soldiers' Tales of the Great War''.
*[https://archive.org/details/servantsofguns00mars ''Servants of the Guns''] by Jeffrey E Jeffery [catalogued Jeffrey E Marston] 1917 Archive.org. Most of the soldiers in the Battery were Welsh. The author became a Prisoner of War.
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NG25HN72MPUGPHOB7GZHRKQOETGF57Q Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter. [...<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Ehemals preußische Truppenteile] 44 German Army Regimental online histories, (German language), from Deutsche Digital Bibliothek, from the collection of Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
:[http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=141&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1 Die württembergischen Regimenter im Weltkrieg 1914 – 1918] Links to multiple volumes of different württembergischen Regimenter (German language). Digital Collection, Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. If URL Is not permanent, use [http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/start/ Suchen]. Use the search term Weltkrieg, or Infanterie Regiment to locate many other regimental histories and and other publications. Also from this website [http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=6955&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1 ''Kriegsgeschichte der 12. Batterie Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr 13''].
:[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra Digital Library of Wielkopolska (Network of Polish Digital Libraries}] contains some online German Regimental Histories (German language).<ref>charlie2. [httphttps://1914-1918.invisionzonewww.com/forums/indexgreatwarforum.php?org/topic/232455-free-german-regimental-history-books/&?do=findComment&comment=2520070 Free German Regimental History Books] ''Great War Forum'' 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 20173 June 2018.</ref>: Links to further regimental histories (German language) may be found in the ''Great War Forum'' thread "Free German Regimental History Books"<ref>charlie2. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forumsorg/topic/232455-free-german-regimental-history-books/?do=findComment&comment=2561910 Free German Regimental History Books] ''Great War Forum'' 7 September 2017. Retrieved September 2017 3 June 2018.</ref> and "More German Regimental histories due soon"<ref> charlie2. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/260146-more-german-regimental-histories-due-soon/ More German Regimental histories due soon] ''Great War Forum'' 12 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018</ref>. For some of the latter [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/kollektionen/ Search SLUB Dresden] Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Dresden.
:German language digitised documents from State Archives of the Russian Federation. [http://tsamo.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1-deutsche-beuteakten-zum-ersten-weltkrieg-im-zentralarchiv-des-verteidigungsministeriums-der-russischen-f-deration-bestand-500-findbuch-12519 German language webpage], [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.germandocsinrussia.org%2Fde%2Fnodes%2F1-russisch-deutsches-projekt-zur-digitalisierung-deutscher-dokumente-in-den-archiven-der-russischen-f-deration&edit-text=&act=url Google Translate English webpage]. Includes KriegsTageBuch (KTB) and German maps. tsamo.germandocsinrussia.org
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34099 ''In Stahlgewittern: Aus dem Tagebuch eines Stoßtruppführers''] by Ernst Jünger 1922. Gutenberg.org. German language. There are English translations, not available online, under the title [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_of_Steel ''Storm of Steel''] (Wikipedia).
*[https://archive.org/details/silenceofcolonel00mauruoft ''The Silence of Colonel Bramble''] by André Maurois. Translated from the French by Thurfrida Wake. Verses translated by Wilfrid Jackson. 1920 Archive.org. The author, writing under a non de plume which subsequently became his legal name, was an Interpreter, and subsequently Liaison Officer with the IXth (Scotch) Division, when the book was written.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.2458 ''Verdun''] ''The Prelude'', and ''The Battle'' by Jules Romains. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. 1940, first published in English 1939. Archive.org Note: Lacks title page. Book 15 ''Prélude à Verdun'' and Book 16 ''Verdun'' (published 1938), Volume 8 (some editions), from the 27 volume series ''Men of Goodwill'' (''Les Hommes de bonne volonté''). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.264814 2nd Archive.org file]
*[https://archive.org/details/peterjacksonciga00franiala ''Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant : a Romance of Married Life''] by Gilbert Frankau Seventh edition 1920. Archive.org. This book "is semi-autobiographical and gives an excellent feel for life as a Kitchener volunteer officer in both the infantry and then the RFA 1914-16… it was also one of the first books to reveal to the general public what Shell Shock was all about. A classic".<ref>charlesmessenger [httphttps://1914-1918.invisionzonewww.com/forums/indexgreatwarforum.php?org/topic/244799-casemate-books-a-question/&?do=findComment&comment=2463024 Casemate Books - a question] ''Great War Forum'' 12 November 2016. Retrieved 20163 June 2018.</ref>
*Sketches by Boyd Cable, the nom de plume of Ernest Andrew Ewart, who was appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant 2nd September 1914 in the Royal Artillery where he served in France. By February 1917 he was Acting Captain while commanding a section of a Divisional Ammunition Column. In June 1918 he was awarded an OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] at which time he was Captain, Propaganda Branch, Aircraft Production Department, Ministry of Munitions. Appointed Acting Lt-Colonel, whilst specially employed 12 November 1918.<ref> Details from the ''London Gazette''.</ref>
:[https://archive.org/details/betweenlines00cabl ''Between the Lines''] by Boyd Cable 3rd edition 1917, first published October 1915 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/between_the_lines_dhd_librivox Librivox Audiobook ''Between the Lines''], read by Delmar H Dolbier. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/younghildaatwars00gleaiala ''Young Hilda at the Wars''] by Arthur H Gleason 1915 Archive.org. The photograph at the front of the book is stated to be that of Helen, the author’s wife. Other characters in the book are stated to be based on Ambulance drivers Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm who worked as volunteers in Belgium.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FVU0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 A page] from Chapter V, ''Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front'' by Diane Atkinson. Google Books.</ref>
*[http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=1939&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1 ''Green Envelopes''] No author appears on the title page. Published by John Murray London 1929. Letters home from the Front, from many soldiers, to a village in England. A [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29136813 review] says "These are the familiar "green envelopes" of active service during the war. ...letters which were really written…" (names changed). The British Library catalogue entry includes the words "A novel", however in the collection of the Australian War Memorial, the book is classified WW1 Personal narratives, British. Digital Collection, Württembergischen Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, with the library website in German. Read online or download, the latter is "Ganzes Werk herunterladen".
*A novel: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/503004 ''Across The Black Waters''] by Mulk Raj Anand. Reprint edition, possibly 1955, originally published 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. A novel about Indian (Punjabi) soldiers who have crossed the black waters, against all the advice of their forefathers that calamity would befall anyone who went overseas, to join the British and their allies on the Western Front. The author was born in Peshawar in 1905, so was too young for first-hand experience of the war, but the book has a very authentic feel, suggesting that he not only did his research in books but also listened to the stories of older men who came back. He grew up in military cantonments, according to the introduction.<ref> Liz in Eastbourne. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=236997&hl= -across-the-black-water-by-mulk-raj-anand/ Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand] ''Great War Forum'' 3 March 21062016. Retrieved 4 March 20163 June 2018.</ref> [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000806/spectrum/books.htm#5 Review] by Randeep Wadehra, August 6, 2000 ''The Tribune''
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/ravilancersnovel00mast ''The Ravi Lancers''] by [[John Masters]] 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned. First you must [https://archive.org/details/lendinglibrary&tab=about register]) . An Indian cavalry regiment is sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War.
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/hirasinghwhenind00mund ''Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''] by Talbot Mundy. Archive.org. Published in Britain as ''Hira Singh's Tale: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''. Serialized in ''Adventure'' magazine, October 18 - December 3, 1917. Published in book form 1918. A fictional account of a cavalry regiment taken prisoners of war by the Germans.
