Download or read book 1915 Campaign in France The Battles of Aubers Ridge Festubert and Loos written by A. Kearsey and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of some of the most savage fighting of the First World War, collected from official documents and accounts from the men who fought there. perfect for any keen military historian.
Download or read book The Battle of Aubers Ridge written by Edward Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge. Their objective was to break the German line and cut the supply route to the enemy troops fighting to the south against a French Offensive at Vimy Ridge. In true Battleground style, the dramatic story is told through the actions of those involved in the fighting. Places and points of interest are highlighted and for those fortunate enough to visit the area there are excellent directions and hints on how to best capture the atmosphere.
Download or read book A Serious Disappointment written by Adrian Bristow and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-09-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 May 1915 the British First Army under Haig and the French Tenth Army launched a joint offensive against the Germans on the Western Front. The British attempt to capture Aubers Ridge ended up a disaster. The full story h as never been told before.
Download or read book Aubers Ridge written by Edward Hancock and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge. Their objective was to break the German line and cut the supply route to the enemy troops fighting to the south against a French Offensive at Vimy Ridge.In true Battleground style, the dramatic story is told through the actions of those involved in the fighting. Places and points of interest are highlighted and for those fortunate enough to visit the area there are excellent directions and hints on how to best capture the atmosphere.
Download or read book The Battles of French Flanders written by Jon Cookset and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battles fought by the British army in 1915, in the second year of the First World War, are less well known than those fought immediately after the outbreak of war in 1914 and those that followed in 1916 which culminated in the Battle of the Somme. But the fighting at Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Neuve Chapelle and Loos was just as severe as was the 1916 battle at Fromelles and the battlefields are just as interesting to explore today. This volume in the Battle Lines series is the perfect guide to them.?Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked, biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred at each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened, where it happened and why and who was involved, and point out the sights that remain for the visitor to see. Their highly illustrated guidebook is essential reading for visitors who wish to enhance their understanding of warfare on the Western Front.
Download or read book France and Belgium 1915 Vol Ii written by Brig-Gen Sir James Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume completes the unhappy (for the BEF) year of 1915, one described with good reason as a year of disappointment. Its special interest is that it records the first employment of the Territorial and New Army divisions as complete formations in a major offensive and the first British employment of gas. It describes the Battles of Aubers Ridge, a disaster that cost 11,500 casualties in a day; Festubert in which initial success could not be exploited; and Loos (including the Hohenzollern Redoubt) in which we first used gas, with mixed results, and in which we failed to make progress. Our casualties in the battle (25 September-16 October) amounted to nearly 50,400. Total battle losses for 1915 were 285,000 compared with 90,000 for the five months of 1914"--Cover p.4.
Download or read book 1915 Campaign in France the Battles of Aubers Ridge Festubert Loos Considered in Relation to the Field Service Regulations written by A. Kearsey and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account is primarily intended for officers studying the 1915 campaign and considers the battles in relation to the Field Service Regulations to which there are many references. It is the result of a very great deal of study and also of personal experience on the Western front. It comprises appreciations of the situation at various dates, diaries of events and narratives of battles. It analyses results and critically examines planning, preparation and conduct of the battles. Reasons for our failure at Aubers Ridge and for the more encouraging results at Festubert are clearly brought out, and a series of points are made explaining the further failure at Loos.
Download or read book 1915 Campaign in France written by Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1915 Campaign in France written by A. Kearsey and published by . This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Soldier s Tale written by Albert Money Krr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could witness one of the most horrific battles of World War 1 through the eyes of a survivor? What if you could hear his thoughts, feel his emotions, and share his pain as he faced death and destruction on a massive scale? That's what you'll get when you read A Soldier's Tale: Albert Money at the Battle of Aubers Ridge, May, 1915. This book is a 11,000 word first-person account by British Army Private Albert Money of his experiences in the Battle of the Aubers Ridge, one of the bloodiest and most futile battles of World War 1. Seriously wounded by machine gun fire, he spent hours in No-man's land in a muddy ditch surrounded by the dead and dying, eventually crawling back to the British trenches. At the end of the battle, 10,000 British dead. Territory gained, not a single inch. But this book is more than just a war memoir. It also gives you a glimpse into the life of Albert Money before and after the war. You'll learn about his origins in a Northamptonshire farming family, his adventures as a peace-time soldier in the Americas, his emigration to Australia as a bridge carpenter, and his patriotic decision to re-enlist when war broke out in 1914. You'll also get a historical context for the Battle of the Aubers Ridge, including its causes, strategies, outcomes, and legacy. You'll understand why this battle was so important and so tragic for both sides of the conflict. A Soldier's Tale is a gripping and moving account of one man's courage and endurance in the face of unimaginable horror. It's a book that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. If you're interested in history, war, or human nature, you won't want to miss this book. Download it today and experience the reality of World War 1 like never before.
Download or read book An Illustrated Pocket Guide to the Battles of Neuve Chapelle Aubers Ridge Festubert 1915 written by Michael Gavaghan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book France and Belgium 1915 Vol 1 Winter 1914 15 written by Brig-Gen Je Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Operations written by Sir James Edward Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Battle Planning in 1916 and the Battle of Fromelles written by Roger Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the substantial output of revisionist scholarship over the last decade reappraising the performance of the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War, there still remains a stubborn perception that its commanders were incompetent, inflexible and unimaginative. Whilst much ink has been spilled vilifying or defending individual commanders, or looking for overarching trends and ’learning curves’, this is the first work to examine systematically the vertical nature of command - that is the transmission of plans from the high-command down through the rank structure to the front line. Through such an investigation, a much more rounded measure of the effectiveness of British commanders can be gained; one moves the argument beyond the overly simplistic ’casualties to ground gained’ equation that is usually offered. The Battle of Fromelles (19-20 July 1916) was selected as the case study as it was relatively small in scale, in the right period, and retains sufficient primary sources available to sustain the analysis. It also witnessed the first time Australian forces were used in offensive operations on the Western Front, and thus looms large in wider Commonwealth perceptions of ’Bumbling British Generals’. The book follows the progress of the battle plan from its inception in the strategic designs of the supreme commander down through the various intermediate level commands at operational and tactical headquarters until it became the orders that sent the infantry forward into the attack. In so doing it provides a unique insight into the strengths and weaknesses of British command structure, allowing a much more scholarly judgement of its overall effectiveness.
Download or read book The Battle of Fromelles 1916 written by Roger Lee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Fromelles remains the single bloodiest day in terms of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, in Australia's military history. Remains of soldiers were recently discovered in mass graves in northern France and the final soldier will be laid to rest when a new cemetery officially opens on 19th July, 2010 - the 94th anniversary of the battle.
Download or read book Birdsong written by Sebastian Faulks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the 1990s In this "overpowering and beautiful novel" (The New Yorker), the young Englishman Stephen Wraysford passes through a tempestuous love affair with Isabelle Azaire in France and enters the dark, surreal world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land. Sebastian Faulks creates a world of fiction that is as tragic as A Farewell to Arms and as sensuous as The English Patient, crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love.
Download or read book The Battle of Neuve Chapelle written by Geoffrey Bridger and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuve Chapelle a lost battlefield is now opened up for the explorer to learn more about the actions that took place there. In Early 1915, the British decided to take the offensive for the first time in the war against German positions in Northern France. The initial objective was a bulge, about one mile across, in their lines at Neuve. Events which took place here early in 1915 are described in detail and show why this almost forgotten battle set the course of the war.
