The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... push ahead and gain better ground . These arguments were not egotistical differences of opinion ; both generals were simply trying to work out the best means of carrying out an attack which both knew would be extremely difficult ...
... push ahead and gain better ground . These arguments were not egotistical differences of opinion ; both generals were simply trying to work out the best means of carrying out an attack which both knew would be extremely difficult ...
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Robin Neillands. latter push would be north . Haig stressed that during this attack at the southern extremity of ... pushing eastwards along the high ground towards Combles in order to co - operate with the French Army on your right , in ...
Robin Neillands. latter push would be north . Haig stressed that during this attack at the southern extremity of ... pushing eastwards along the high ground towards Combles in order to co - operate with the French Army on your right , in ...
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... push on and retake Mount Kemmel . These plans were in line with Haig's previous orders and his overall intention ; the German armies were to have no rest , no time to regroup , no opportunity to switch reserves . On 20 August , Mangin's ...
... push on and retake Mount Kemmel . These plans were in line with Haig's previous orders and his overall intention ; the German armies were to have no rest , no time to regroup , no opportunity to switch reserves . On 20 August , Mangin's ...
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