The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Canadian Division had replaced the 3rd Division , the entire Canadian Corps , less the 4th Division , was withdrawn from the line , having suffered losses and endured conditions , according to the Official History , ' as difficult and ...
... Canadian Division had replaced the 3rd Division , the entire Canadian Corps , less the 4th Division , was withdrawn from the line , having suffered losses and endured conditions , according to the Official History , ' as difficult and ...
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Robin Neillands. two men liked and respected each other . " The Canadian Corps will go to General Plumer and not to Gough , ' the Field Marshal ordered , following a recommendation from Kiggell , ' because they do not work well with the ...
Robin Neillands. two men liked and respected each other . " The Canadian Corps will go to General Plumer and not to Gough , ' the Field Marshal ordered , following a recommendation from Kiggell , ' because they do not work well with the ...
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... corps , two of these being the Australian and Canadian Corps . By now , however , the Australian divisions had been in action for some months , and in consequence were in urgent need of rest and reinforcement . Indeed , the shortage of ...
... corps , two of these being the Australian and Canadian Corps . By now , however , the Australian divisions had been in action for some months , and in consequence were in urgent need of rest and reinforcement . Indeed , the shortage of ...
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