The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... assault , and spotting would be aided by RFC observers whose aircraft were now equipped with wireless sets which put them in direct contact with the gun batteries . The infantry assault would be made by the six divisions of I and IV ...
... assault , and spotting would be aided by RFC observers whose aircraft were now equipped with wireless sets which put them in direct contact with the gun batteries . The infantry assault would be made by the six divisions of I and IV ...
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... assault . By contrast , Rawlinson wanted to ensure the German wire was thoroughly cut and insisted on a pre - assault bombardment of at least seven days , the method advocated by Foch . As he had reported after seeing the ground ...
... assault . By contrast , Rawlinson wanted to ensure the German wire was thoroughly cut and insisted on a pre - assault bombardment of at least seven days , the method advocated by Foch . As he had reported after seeing the ground ...
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... assault , tunnels had been constructed from the Canadian lines at Zouave Valley , well behind the British front line , and four deep communication trenches had been dug and extended to the east , all to get the assault troops as far ...
... assault , tunnels had been constructed from the Canadian lines at Zouave Valley , well behind the British front line , and four deep communication trenches had been dug and extended to the east , all to get the assault troops as far ...
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