The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... ammunition was not yet supplied in belted form ; filling the 250 - round ammunition belts was a constant and most unpopular infantry task . Another useful weapon , the drum - fed , air - cooled , light and portable Lewis machine - gun ...
... ammunition was not yet supplied in belted form ; filling the 250 - round ammunition belts was a constant and most unpopular infantry task . Another useful weapon , the drum - fed , air - cooled , light and portable Lewis machine - gun ...
Page 174
... ammunition , especially high - explosive ammunition capable of destroying entrenchments , defensive positions and barbed - wire entanglements . In fact , Field Marshal French had now taken steps to minimise the effects of the artillery ...
... ammunition , especially high - explosive ammunition capable of destroying entrenchments , defensive positions and barbed - wire entanglements . In fact , Field Marshal French had now taken steps to minimise the effects of the artillery ...
Page 181
... ammunition and did not fire on the Mauquissart road line , believing that it was in British hands . The 8th Division's 25 Brigade attacked as ordered at 1745 hours , only to report back within minutes that the attack had failed , every ...
... ammunition and did not fire on the Mauquissart road line , believing that it was in British hands . The 8th Division's 25 Brigade attacked as ordered at 1745 hours , only to report back within minutes that the attack had failed , every ...
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