Category: History - British

The British Campaign in France and Flanders—January to July, 1918

Disposal of the Third Army--Attack upon the Third Division--Upon the Thirty-fourth Division--Upon the Fifty-ninth Division--Terrible losses--Loss of Henin Hill--Arrival of Thirty-first Division--Hard fighting of the Fortieth Division--The East Yorkshires at Ervillers--The 15th...

Chapters

21. CHAPTER X

Desperate situation--Sir Douglas Haig's "win or die" message--Epic of the 4th Guards Brigade at Hazebrouck--Arrival of First Australian Division--Splendid services of Thirty-thi...

16. CHAPTER V

Problem before General Gough--His masterful action--Arrival of Thirty-ninth, Twentieth, and Fiftieth Divisions--Retreat of Tudor's Ninth Scottish Division--Destruction of the So...

22. CHAPTER XI

The rest cure of the Aisne--Attack upon the Fiftieth Division--Upon the Eighth--Upon the Twenty-first--5th Battery R.F.A.--Glorious Devons--Adventure of General Rees--Retreat ac...

20. CHAPTER IX

The Flanders front--Great German onslaught--Disaster of the Portuguese--Splendid stand at Givenchy of the Fifty-fifth Division--Hard fight of the Fortieth Division--Loss of the...

15. CHAPTER IV

In dealing with the German attack upon the Fifth Army, the first point which should be emphasised is, that heavy as the fighting was in the north, still it was this southern adv...

13. CHAPTER II

Disposal of the Third Army--Attack upon the Third Division--Upon the Thirty-fourth Division--Upon the Fifty-ninth Division--Terrible losses--Loss of Henin Hill--Arrival of Thirt...

14. CHAPTER III

Attack on Sixth and Fifty-first Divisions--Engagement of the Twenty-fifth and Forty-first Divisions--Attack on Forty-seventh, Sixty-third, Second, and Nineteenth Divisions--The...

18. CHAPTER VII

Movement across the Crozat Canal--Fight of the 173rd Brigade--Forcing of the Canal Line--Arrival of the French--Fight of Frières Wood--Splendid work of the Cavalry--Loss of Noyo...

17. CHAPTER VI

Retreat of the Sixty-first Division--The Gloucesters at Beauvais--Fall of Ham--Retreat of the Thirtieth and Thirty-sixth Divisions--Great privations of the men--Fine feat at Le...

19. CHAPTER VIII

The last waves of the storm--The Twelfth Division at Albert--The Forty-seventh Division at Aveluy Wood--The Australians in the south--Capture of Villers-Bretonneux by the German...

12. CHAPTER I

The New Year of 1918, the fourth of the world war, opened with chequered prospects for the Allies. Upon all subsidiary fields of action the developments were good. In Palestine,...

11. CHAPTER XI

The rest cure of the Aisne--Attack upon the Fiftieth Division--Upon the Twenty-first--Fifth Battery R.F.A.--Glorious Devons--Adventure of General Rees--Retreat across the Aisne-...

2. CHAPTER II

Disposal of the Third Army--Attack upon the Third Division--Upon the Thirty-fourth Division--Upon the Fifty-ninth Division--Terrible losses--Loss of Henin Hill--Arrival of Thirt...

3. CHAPTER III

Attack on Sixth and Fifty-first Divisions--Engagement of the Twenty-fifth and Forty-first Divisions--Attack on Forty-seventh, Sixty-third, Second, and Nineteenth Divisions--The...

5. CHAPTER V

Problems before General Gough--His masterful action--Arrival of Thirty-ninth, Twentieth, and Fiftieth Divisions--Retreat of Tudor's Ninth Scottish Division--Destruction of the S...

9. CHAPTER IX

The Flanders front--Great German onslaught--Disaster of the Portuguese--Splendid stand at Givenchy of the Fifty-fifth Division--Hard fight of the Fortieth Division--Loss of the...

10. CHAPTER X

Desperate situation--Sir Douglas Haig's "Win or Die" message--Epic of the 4th Guards Brigade at Hazebrouck--Arrival of First Australian Division--Splendid services of Thirty-thi...

8. CHAPTER VIII

6. CHAPTER VI

Retreat of the Sixty-first Division--The Gloucesters at Beauvais--Fall of Ham--Retreat of the Thirtieth and Thirty-sixth Divisions--Great privations of the men--Fine feat at Le...

7. CHAPTER VII

Movement across the Crozat Canal--Fight of the 173rd Brigade--Forcing of the Canal Line--Arrival of the French--Fight of Frières Wood--Splendid work of the Cavalry--Loss of Noyo...

4. CHAPTER IV

1. CHAPTER I