The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Foch , fell completely under his spell , and remained that way for the rest of his life . Invited for a chat before ... Foch's appreciation of German moves through Belgium are completely the same as mine , ' he recorded , ' the important ...
... Foch , fell completely under his spell , and remained that way for the rest of his life . Invited for a chat before ... Foch's appreciation of German moves through Belgium are completely the same as mine , ' he recorded , ' the important ...
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... Foch , Lord Milner , who had replaced Lord Derby as the British Secretary for War , and Haig . The latter declared himself to be most unhappy with the performance of the French Army in recent weeks , and deplored Foch's proposal to ...
... Foch , Lord Milner , who had replaced Lord Derby as the British Secretary for War , and Haig . The latter declared himself to be most unhappy with the performance of the French Army in recent weeks , and deplored Foch's proposal to ...
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... Foch was happy with this latter proposal , but wanted Rawlinson to continue attacking as well . On 12 August , at a conference with Horne and Byng , Haig directed that the Third Army should press on towards Bapaume and First Army should ...
... Foch was happy with this latter proposal , but wanted Rawlinson to continue attacking as well . On 12 August , at a conference with Horne and Byng , Haig directed that the Third Army should press on towards Bapaume and First Army should ...
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