This is a very large book filled with numerous stories about a terrible battle in WWI. The sories in this book just make you feel as you were there. At times I felt as if I knew the soldiers and I thought at times I did not want to turn the page becuase I was sure the person I was reading about would be killed on the next page. But I turned the page, some lived through the day others did not. You can feel the loss. This is a very powerful story that is well told.