On Campaign in the Age of Napoleon The Art of Keith Rocco

The Swansea Battalion was formed from local men by the Mayor of Swansea in the response to Lord Kitchener's famous appeal for volunteers. This, the first full history of the Battalion, covers early recruiting for the battalion in the Swansea area and its subsequent training in Swansea, Rhyl and Winchester, prior to departure, some 1,200 strong, in December 1915 for the Western Front. As part of the 38th Welsh Division it participated in the attack on Mametz Wood on the Somme where, in a single day, it suffered almost 100 men killed and 300 wounded out of an attacking contingent of less than 700.Lewis, Bernard is the author of 'On Campaign in the Age of Napoleon The Art of Keith Rocco', published 2005 under ISBN 9780970301499 and ISBN 0970301499.