The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... east , facing the Ardennes , to the north - east , between the Rivers Meuse and Sambre , on a line from Givet to Maubeuge , where Lanrezac's Fifth Army would link up with the BEF . Joffre , now becoming worried that the Germans might ...
... east , facing the Ardennes , to the north - east , between the Rivers Meuse and Sambre , on a line from Givet to Maubeuge , where Lanrezac's Fifth Army would link up with the BEF . Joffre , now becoming worried that the Germans might ...
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... east , comes the Mont des Cats , the Monts Rouge and Noir and the steep - sided Mont Kemmel , which glowers down on the Ypres plain to the north - east and offers views to the south as far as the slagheaps of Loos . Beyond Kemmel the ...
... east , comes the Mont des Cats , the Monts Rouge and Noir and the steep - sided Mont Kemmel , which glowers down on the Ypres plain to the north - east and offers views to the south as far as the slagheaps of Loos . Beyond Kemmel the ...
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... east , via Thourout , to capture Bruges and drive the enemy out of Ghent . The right ofI Corps was to pass through Ypres and , having reached the top of the low eastern hills , Haig could decide whether to attack the enemy in the north ...
... east , via Thourout , to capture Bruges and drive the enemy out of Ghent . The right ofI Corps was to pass through Ypres and , having reached the top of the low eastern hills , Haig could decide whether to attack the enemy in the north ...
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