The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Brigade lost heavily , while the men of 21 Brigade were forced to halt and dig shell- scrapes . In the 8th Division 24 Brigade was unable to get forward in the face of machine - gun fire . The German bombardment on the area in rear of ...
... Brigade lost heavily , while the men of 21 Brigade were forced to halt and dig shell- scrapes . In the 8th Division 24 Brigade was unable to get forward in the face of machine - gun fire . The German bombardment on the area in rear of ...
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... brigade and being taken on by elements of 1 Brigade , but 2 Brigade was in deep trouble and needed prompt support . Major - General A.E. Holland , commanding the 1st Division , had a fair grasp of the situation by 0900 hours . He knew ...
... brigade and being taken on by elements of 1 Brigade , but 2 Brigade was in deep trouble and needed prompt support . Major - General A.E. Holland , commanding the 1st Division , had a fair grasp of the situation by 0900 hours . He knew ...
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... Brigade 357-8 Bridges , Major - Gen . , British Mission 484 Brigades ( British ) 1 , ( guards ) Brigader 186 ; 2 Infantry Brigade , command , Rawlinson , Gen. 232 ; 5 Brigade 213 ; 6 Brigade , Daly , Brigadier - Gen . , Loos 212-13 ; 10 ...
... Brigade 357-8 Bridges , Major - Gen . , British Mission 484 Brigades ( British ) 1 , ( guards ) Brigader 186 ; 2 Infantry Brigade , command , Rawlinson , Gen. 232 ; 5 Brigade 213 ; 6 Brigade , Daly , Brigadier - Gen . , Loos 212-13 ; 10 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR 18711914 | 8 |
THE TURN OF THE TIDE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS JuneNovember 1918 483 | 22 |
Copyright | |
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advance Allenby Allied ammunition Arras artillery assault attack Aubers Ridge August Australian barrage Bassée battalions battle battlefield began Belgian bombardment Bourlon Brigade British Army British line Byng Cambrai Canadian Corps Canal casualties Cateau cavalry Cavalry Corps Cavalry Division counter-attack creeping barrage east enemy Field Marshal French Fifth Army fighting Flesquières Foch force forward Fourth Army France French Army front line front-line German Army German defences German line Gough ground Haig Haig's heavy guns Hindenburg Line II Corps infantry Joffre Kitchener La Bassée La Boisselle Lanrezac Le Cateau Lieutenant-General Lloyd George Loos losses Major-General Messines miles military move Neuve Chapelle Nivelle offensive officers ordered Passchendaele Plumer push Rawlinson Regiment reserves rifle Salient Schlieffen Plan Second Army sent shells Smith-Dorrien soldiers Somme staff strongpoints tactics tanks Third Army took troops village Vimy Ridge Western Front wire Wood wounded yards Ypres