The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... canal bridges for demolition . Smith - Dorrien pointed out the inherent weakness of his line along the canal , especially in the Mons Salient which , in the event of attack , would come under fire from three sides , and added that he ...
... canal bridges for demolition . Smith - Dorrien pointed out the inherent weakness of his line along the canal , especially in the Mons Salient which , in the event of attack , would come under fire from three sides , and added that he ...
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... Canal : 5 Brigade on the north bank was to advance east through Canteleux and Chapelle St Roch , while 6 and 19 Brigades on the south bank were to attack towards Auchy and occupy a German communication trench , Canal Trench , which ran ...
... Canal : 5 Brigade on the north bank was to advance east through Canteleux and Chapelle St Roch , while 6 and 19 Brigades on the south bank were to attack towards Auchy and occupy a German communication trench , Canal Trench , which ran ...
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... Canal de l'Escaut and the Canal du Nord . The first objective was the village of Flesquières and the ridge of the same name , which overlooked the Hindenburg Line south - west of Cambrai . Then the attack would swing north , across the ...
... Canal de l'Escaut and the Canal du Nord . The first objective was the village of Flesquières and the ridge of the same name , which overlooked the Hindenburg Line south - west of Cambrai . Then the attack would swing north , across the ...
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