The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... village , which was in ruins , while behind the village lay a trench , now , of course , in German hands , dug by II Corps soldiers in 1914 and therefore known as the ' Smith- Dorrien Line ' . These three positions , the German front ...
... village , which was in ruins , while behind the village lay a trench , now , of course , in German hands , dug by II Corps soldiers in 1914 and therefore known as the ' Smith- Dorrien Line ' . These three positions , the German front ...
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... village . The main attack on Bourlon Wood and Bourlon village was in the hands of the 40th Division . Their assault was preceded by a bombardment on the edge of the wood which turned into a creeping barrage - 100 yards in 5 minutes - as ...
... village . The main attack on Bourlon Wood and Bourlon village was in the hands of the 40th Division . Their assault was preceded by a bombardment on the edge of the wood which turned into a creeping barrage - 100 yards in 5 minutes - as ...
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... village at considerable cost while the Irish Guards , attacking with great élan , took the north - eastern corner of Bourlon Wood at the point of the bayonet . These attacks were supported by eight tanks which did useful work in Bourlon ...
... village at considerable cost while the Irish Guards , attacking with great élan , took the north - eastern corner of Bourlon Wood at the point of the bayonet . These attacks were supported by eight tanks which did useful work in Bourlon ...
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