British Railways and the Great War Vol. 2: Organisation Efforts Difficulties and Achievements (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from British Railways and the Great War Vol. 2: Organisation Efforts Difficulties and Achievements<br><br>So within the range of the Orkneys and Shetlands a relatively immense population - many if not most of whom would require to make at least occasional journeys to or from the South by rail - was eventually to be found while practically all would be dependent on Fleet Post Office A for their mails. Apart therefore from questions of naval strategy one realises still more clearly from the facts here given what an important part the line of communication represented by the Highland and the other railways connecting with it played in the war time experiences oi all who were directly concerned in the movements or the maintenance of the Grand Fleet.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.