Værk på 6 bind med beskrivelse af den engelske hær's kampe og slag på Vestfronten, under 1. Verdenskrig, i Nordfrankrig og Flandern i årene 1914 til 1918.beskrivelse af de voldsomme og blodige engelske felttog/slag/kampe, som bølgede frem og tilbage i årene 1914 til 1918 i Nordfrankrig og Flandern. Værket bygger på "letters, diaries and interviews from the hand or lips of men who have been soldiers in our armies, the deeds of which it was my ambition to understand and to chronicle"

Excerpt from The British Campaign in France and in Flanders, 1916 Lltwopnviomvolumudthhmksmmfivehu Mgimdthmmhwliohoocu'rmdnpontbe 6111m during 1914.thoyeuolmoil. Undibl§, thoyurolequilibrim luau-volume vinbofonné'thedohilodotoryotmmthefintoi theyunotmokmdsdm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Year of Arras, Messines, 3rd Ypres. Concentrates on front line events with frequent mention of formations & units engaged. Useful maps & casualty figures.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...gone forth as a strong battalion. The doctor was Ypreswounded, and only the chaplain was left, who dis-'MY 31tinguished himself by being the last man to recross the Steenbeek with a wounded man slung over his ' shoulder. Such was the experience of the Herts, and that of the Cheshires and of the Highlanders differed only in detail. A counter-attack along the whole corps' front was beaten back upon the evening of July 31, but the concentration of German artillery upon St. J ulien was so terrific that it was found necessary next day to withdraw the 1st Cambs who garrisoned the village, the adjacent bridge over the Steenbeek being retained. Next day the village was reoccupied. The Thirty-ninth Division, very hard hit by its victorious but strenuous service, was relieved upon August 4, after a terrible four days of constant rainfall and shell-fall, by the Forty-eighth South Midland Territorial_ Division, while a few days later their Highland comrades were relieved by the Eleventh Division. So battered was the Thirty-ninth Division that it was taken forthwith out of the line and its place in the corps was filled by the Fifty-eighth. To return to the order of the advance, Watts' Nineteenth Corps, which was the next one to the south, consisted of the Fifty-fifth West Lancashire Territorials with the Thirty-sixth Ulsters upon the left, ' while the Fifteenth Scottish Division supported by the Fourteenth Light Division were on the right. Of these we will deal first with the attack of the men of Lancashire. The advance was made by the 166th Brigade upon the left, and by the 165tlf upon the right. The first German line was rapidly carried, and the only serious fighting was at the strong point known as Pommern Redoubt, which held out...