The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Byng was not over concerned with such things as dress - before the war he had been criticised by King George V for wearing old clothes and well - worn uniforms- but he knew a great deal about soldiering , and possessed a wealth of ...
... Byng was not over concerned with such things as dress - before the war he had been criticised by King George V for wearing old clothes and well - worn uniforms- but he knew a great deal about soldiering , and possessed a wealth of ...
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... Byng's reasons were , his blaming of his troops for the reverses at Cambrai left a bad taste , and his reputation has suffered from what was , and is , seen by many people as an attempt to smear the good name of his men . Yet this ...
... Byng's reasons were , his blaming of his troops for the reverses at Cambrai left a bad taste , and his reputation has suffered from what was , and is , seen by many people as an attempt to smear the good name of his men . Yet this ...
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... Byng , Lord of Vimy 245 Governor - General of Canada 345 see also Byng , Gen. the Hon . Julian Cabinet War Committees , Supreme War Council 449 Cadirba , Gen. Luigi , Isonzo , Battle of 395 Calais Agreement 320-1 ; Conference ( 26th ...
... Byng , Lord of Vimy 245 Governor - General of Canada 345 see also Byng , Gen. the Hon . Julian Cabinet War Committees , Supreme War Council 449 Cadirba , Gen. Luigi , Isonzo , Battle of 395 Calais Agreement 320-1 ; Conference ( 26th ...
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