Memoirs of an infantry officer, second lieutenant Ya. E. Martyshevsky, are memories of participation in the First World War, dressed in the form of a work of art. Having gone to war in 1914 as a very young officer and going through it to the end, Martyshevsky talks in great detail about trench life and the emotions of ordinary officers on the battlefields. The brutal battles of the Russian and Austrian armies in Galicia, the fraternization of soldiers, the revolution, the Bolsheviks coming to power and the collapse of the army - all this and much more, experienced by the author of the book, was embodied in his memoirs. The non-trivial way of presentation allows the reader to completely immerse himself in the world depicted by the author and see the world through the eyes of a war participant.