author
Arthur Corbett-Smith
1879–1945
Best known for vivid firsthand books about the opening months of World War I, this British officer-writer brought a soldier’s eye to history. His work ranges from battlefield memoir to character studies, including a later book on Admiral Nelson.
1 Audiobook
The Retreat from Mons By one who shared in it
by Arthur Corbett-Smith
About the author
Arthur Corbett-Smith (1879–1945) was a British Army officer and writer. Contemporary library and public-domain records identify him as a military author, and World War I sources describe him as a captain and later major in the Royal Field Artillery.
He is most closely associated with The Retreat from Mons (1916), presented as an account by someone who shared in the campaign, and with The Marne and After (1917), a companion volume on the next stage of the war. Those books helped preserve a firsthand view of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, combining personal experience with historical narrative.
Corbett-Smith also wrote beyond immediate war memoir. His later Nelson: The Man, a Portrait Study (1926) suggests his interest in military character and leadership as well as events, making his work a good fit for listeners who enjoy history told by someone who had seen service himself.