I have just finished this book. It is a wonderful read. A classic account of life in trenches and the front line. Rogerson had studied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and it shows in his prose. The account is beautifully written and is insightful. My edition also includes prints of the author's pencil drawings. The action is centred around Dewdrop Trench, Lesboeufs Wood, with Sailly Saillisel to the left and Ginchy and Morval to the right.

Excellent read, highly recommended

If you liked 'Twelve Days', there is a further memoir, 'The Last of the Ebb', which covers Rogerson's time during the Battle of the Aisne, in May 1918. You might also like 'General Jack's Diary' edited by John Terraine. Jack was Rogerson's CO during the period when 'Twelve Days' took place.

Brilliant - many thanks indeed