Manchester Bantams - Scott, Caroline

\n\nMANCHESTER BANTAMS\nThe Story of a Pals Battalion and a City at War 23rd (Service) Battalion the Manchester Regiment (8th City)\n\nMANCHESTER BANTAMS\nThe Story of a Pals Battalion and a City at War 23rd (Service) Battalion the Manchester Regiment (8th City)\n\nIn May 1916 Major Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, a former Indian cavalry officer, was given command of an infantry battalion in France. After 48 hours with his new unit, Maxwell wrote to his family, \u201CThe outstanding characteristic of those who belong to it seems to be their extraordinary self-complacency! Esprit de corps is a fine thing, but the satisfaction with which they regard themselves, their battalion, its internal economy, its gallantry, its discipline, its everything else, is almost indecent! If at the end of a month my opinion of them is half as good as their own, I shall think myself uncommonly lucky\u201D. This was the 23rd Manchester Bantam Battalion, a unit composed entirely of men of a height between 5;