The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... France would strike at Germany's western frontiers . Plan XVII , the French plan for an attack on Germany , where it ... France's own interests obliged her to follow that strategy . If the war began , therefore , the Kaiser would be ...
... France would strike at Germany's western frontiers . Plan XVII , the French plan for an attack on Germany , where it ... France's own interests obliged her to follow that strategy . If the war began , therefore , the Kaiser would be ...
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... France's reserves at midnight . The order for ' general mobilisation ' was handed over at 1530 hours and sent out to post offices all over France by the 1600 hours post . France also replied to a telegram which Britain had sent to France ...
... France's reserves at midnight . The order for ' general mobilisation ' was handed over at 1530 hours and sent out to post offices all over France by the 1600 hours post . France also replied to a telegram which Britain had sent to France ...
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... France totalled fifty - seven infantry divisions , of which forty - seven were British , five Australian , four Canadian , and one New Zealand . There were also five cavalry divisions , but the rifle strength of each was estimated as ...
... France totalled fifty - seven infantry divisions , of which forty - seven were British , five Australian , four Canadian , and one New Zealand . There were also five cavalry divisions , but the rifle strength of each was estimated as ...
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