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*[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]. On a list of "The 20 most significant novels of the Great War".<ref name=GWDJ/>
*[https://archive.org/details/happyforeigner00bagn/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Happy Foreigner''] by Enid Bagnold 1920 Archive.org. “Set in the winter and spring following the Armistice, this fictionalized account of Bagnold's experience as a driver for the French Army remains a valuable record of haunted battlefields and scant army rations…”<ref>[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/366645/summary "Enid Bagnold's The Happy Foreigner: The Wider World Beyond Love"] by Stella Deen muse.jhu.edu</ref>. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Bagnold Enid Bagnold] Wikipedia. She was English, and became an author and playwright.
*[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 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/244799-casemate-books-a-question/?do=findComment&comment=2463024 Casemate Books - a question] ''Great War Forum'' 12 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/wayofrevelationn00ewarrich/page/n5 ''Way of revelation : a novel of five years''] by Wilfrid Ewart 1922 Archive.org. Ewart was an officer in the Scots Guards, refer [[Western Front#Infantry and others|Infantry and others]] above.
