Passchendaele: The Tragic Victory of 1917 |
Contents
It Must Come to a Fight | 1 |
The Cockpit of Europe | 15 |
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2nd Army 5th Army advance Allhusen Allies ammunition Anzac Corps artillery assault attack August Australian barrage battalion battle battlefield became began Belgian Belgium bombardment Brigade Britain British campaign Canadians captured casualties cavalry Clapham Junction commanders counter-attack craters creeping barrage defence divisions enemy fighting Flanders force forward fought France French front line gained Gheluvelt Gheluvelt plateau going Gough grenades ground gunners Haig Haig's heavy Hooge II Anzac Corps infantry Kiggell killed Lloyd George lost Ludendorff machine gun machine gun fire machine gun posts Menin Road Messines miles military night objectives October offensive officers Passchendaele Ridge pillboxes Plumer Polygon Wood Poperinghe position prisoners rain reached regiment rifle Royal Royal Flying Corps Russia sector seemed Sergeant shell holes shell-holes side soldiers Somme soon staff strongpoints success tactics tanks took troops victory weather World wounded wrote XVIII Corps yards Ypres Salient zero hour Zillebeke Zonnebeke