The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... artillery was well - trained and efficient , but small and short of shells and it lacked heavy howitzers and heavy guns . The Royal Regiment of Artillery was divided into field artillery , which supported the infantry , horse artillery ...
... artillery was well - trained and efficient , but small and short of shells and it lacked heavy howitzers and heavy guns . The Royal Regiment of Artillery was divided into field artillery , which supported the infantry , horse artillery ...
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... artillery shortage . Firstly , divisional artillery was taken from divi- sional control and placed in ' zones ' along the front . This was a sensible move , as divisions were always being moved about and shifted between corps , and ...
... artillery shortage . Firstly , divisional artillery was taken from divi- sional control and placed in ' zones ' along the front . This was a sensible move , as divisions were always being moved about and shifted between corps , and ...
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... artillery and tactics did not always get the welcome they deserved . David Lloyd George , now Secretary of State for War in succession to Lord Kitchener , made a visit to the Somme front in September 1916 , heard the complaints about ...
... artillery and tactics did not always get the welcome they deserved . David Lloyd George , now Secretary of State for War in succession to Lord Kitchener , made a visit to the Somme front in September 1916 , heard the complaints about ...
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