The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... ordered the offensive to continue ... but victory continued to elude him , and there was now another problem , a shortage of artillery ammunition . On the day he ordered the renewed attack French also warned Kitchener that unless fresh ...
... ordered the offensive to continue ... but victory continued to elude him , and there was now another problem , a shortage of artillery ammunition . On the day he ordered the renewed attack French also warned Kitchener that unless fresh ...
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... ordered at 1745 hours , only to report back within minutes that the attack had failed , every man who rose from cover being shot down , though the brigade commander , Lowry Cole , declared that he was willing to try again under cover of ...
... ordered at 1745 hours , only to report back within minutes that the attack had failed , every man who rose from cover being shot down , though the brigade commander , Lowry Cole , declared that he was willing to try again under cover of ...
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... ordered it to consolidate and hold the ground gained , north - west of Hulluch and roughly between the German first and second lines . The divisional staff work was good , the guns came forward , Sappers came up to improve defences and ...
... ordered it to consolidate and hold the ground gained , north - west of Hulluch and roughly between the German first and second lines . The divisional staff work was good , the guns came forward , Sappers came up to improve defences and ...
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