The Masefield, John 1878-1967 creator text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Old Front Line" by John Masefield is a military history book published in 1917. Written by an English poet, it describes the British Army's battlefield front-line from the first day of the Somme, July 1, 1916. Originally commissioned to write a full account of the Battle of the Somme, Masefield was denied access to official documents. Instead, he produced this lyrical eyewitness description of the terrain, creating perhaps the First World War's first battlefield guide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Front_Line Release date is 2007-02-18 Produced by K Nordquist, David Edwards, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 D501 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20616 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20616 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133457.0 20616