The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... rifle should in future form the principal part of the cavalry soldier's training . The other side remained faithful to sword and lance and believed in the devastating effect of shock tactics , whilst agreeing that rifle work should not ...
... rifle should in future form the principal part of the cavalry soldier's training . The other side remained faithful to sword and lance and believed in the devastating effect of shock tactics , whilst agreeing that rifle work should not ...
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... rifle fire ; there was method behind it . The British officers had their men hold fire until the Germans were close and fully exposed before giving the order to open fire . The senior NCOs told off the better shots in their sections to ...
... rifle fire ; there was method behind it . The British officers had their men hold fire until the Germans were close and fully exposed before giving the order to open fire . The senior NCOs told off the better shots in their sections to ...
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... rifles and ran to take part in the fighting . The battle hung in the balance until Haig sent in his only reserve , 500 men of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry , who attacked the Prus- sian Guard with rifle fire and ...
... rifles and ran to take part in the fighting . The battle hung in the balance until Haig sent in his only reserve , 500 men of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry , who attacked the Prus- sian Guard with rifle fire 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