On the North Dvina, summer 1919, a war was fought by boat, by nerve, and by cold, hard resolve. War looks different on rivers. In Bolos & Barishynas, G. R. Singleton-Gates delivers a classic military memoir and a naval expedition narrative drawn from the British forces in Russia during the Russian Civil War intervention. Told with the immediacy of a primary source war account, it follows the Sadleir-Jackson Brigade and the Altham Flotilla as they operate with the North Dvina river flotilla in the shifting front of the North Russia campaign 1919, in and beyond Arkhangelsk, Russia 1919. More than incident and anecdote, this is a complete war memoir of allied intervention in Russia: how orders travelled, how men adapted, and how a remote theatre tested endurance as much as tactics. Singleton-Gates writes with clipped clarity and quiet humour, keeping the human scale in view as strategy meets weather, distance, and doubt. For readers of military history research, the book is a rare English-language witness to a neglected corner of polar bear expedition history and an indispensable record of river warfare in the Russian north. Its historical significance lies in what it captures at close range: the mechanics of coalition war, the uncertainty of interventionist politics, up close today. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a strong fit for classic-literature shelves.