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First Ypres 1914: The graveyard of the Old Contemptibles

By David Lomas , Ed Dovey

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781855325739, 185532573X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
79 MB (82765041 bytes)
Series
Campaign 58
Pages
96\95
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
World War 1;Military;Military History;War;World Wa

Description

Osprey's overview of the First Battle of Ypres of World War I (1914-1918). In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an attempt to take the fight into Flanders, so they could fight across open ground. History tells us that this was not to be the case. David Lomas chronicles the first of the trench-warfare battles, where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established. Although the Germans failed to reach the channel ports, the death knell had rung for the BEF, which was virtually wiped out in this brave defence.

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