29 JULY 1922, Page 25

The Auckland Regiment. By Lieutenant 0. E. Burton. (Whitcombe and

Tombs. 12s. 6d. net.)—The Auckland Regi- ment served right through the War, from Gallipoli down to the breaking of the Hindenburg line, and took part in the occupation of the Rhineland. Its deeds are recorded with great care in this very readable book. We may draw special attention to the detailed accounts of the trench fighting at Armentieres, the Somme and Ypres, with the trench-maps that illustrate them. Such accounts, based on letters, diaries and the information of survivors, are of permanent value. The nature of the War cannot be understood without circumstantial narratives of this kind. Lieutenant Burton has done justice to his gallant com- rades, who fought well and suffered very heavy casualties without flinching.