The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Gough . The key element in Hubert Gough's character was impetuosity . He was born , in August 1870 , into a military family , in which there was never any doubt that he was destined for the Army . From Eton he went to Sandhurst , from ...
... Gough . The key element in Hubert Gough's character was impetuosity . He was born , in August 1870 , into a military family , in which there was never any doubt that he was destined for the Army . From Eton he went to Sandhurst , from ...
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... Gough states that : ' In discussing the various personalities who have crossed my path , I have passed some severely adverse comments , for I have felt how important it is , in writing of matters which are to some extent historical , to ...
... Gough states that : ' In discussing the various personalities who have crossed my path , I have passed some severely adverse comments , for I have felt how important it is , in writing of matters which are to some extent historical , to ...
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... Gough directly responsible for the disaster that had befallen the Fifth Army . Haig pointed out that at no time had Gough lost his head , and that he had done his best under very difficult circumstances , adding that ' Gough had few ...
... Gough directly responsible for the disaster that had befallen the Fifth Army . Haig pointed out that at no time had Gough lost his head , and that he had done his best under very difficult circumstances , adding that ' Gough had few ...
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