The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... soldiers , not the idle rich or the effete aristocracy . Byng was the younger son of an earl , it is true , and Rawlinson a baronet , but it is generally admitted that both were good soldiers . Then there is the ' cavalry ' accusation ...
... soldiers , not the idle rich or the effete aristocracy . Byng was the younger son of an earl , it is true , and Rawlinson a baronet , but it is generally admitted that both were good soldiers . Then there is the ' cavalry ' accusation ...
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... soldiers was surprising , for he never went out of his way to court their admiration . As far as is known , he never spoke to a private soldier if he could help it , but he did take care not to squander their lives and , according to ...
... soldiers was surprising , for he never went out of his way to court their admiration . As far as is known , he never spoke to a private soldier if he could help it , but he did take care not to squander their lives and , according to ...
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... soldiers . They may not have loved Haig , but they trusted him . Few soldiers love their generals ; all they ask is that he should be competent and careful of their lives , and the soldiers Haig commanded thought him sound on both ...
... soldiers . They may not have loved Haig , but they trusted him . Few soldiers love their generals ; all they ask is that he should be competent and careful of their lives , and the soldiers Haig commanded thought him sound on both ...
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