9 NOVEMBER 1974, page 19

A Pointless Battle

Sir Brian Horrocks A Bridge Too Far Cornelius Ryan (Hamish Hamilton £3.95) This is unquestionably the. most brilliant account of a battle which I have ever read. Cornelius Ryan......

Up In Arms

Sir Ian Jacob Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! Donald Thomas (Routledge and Kegan Paul £5.50) The British Army has always contained men of unusual character, and in the nineteenth......