The third in a trilogy of books, the others being Cambrai -The Right Hook and Bourlon Wood by the same authors covering the battle for Cambrai in November 1917. It covers the defence against the German counter strike, the defence of the Flesquieres Salient against the Kaiserschlact in March 1918 and its recapture in Sept/Oct 1918 - all key ...
Although the years 1915-1918 saw titanic battles on the Western Front, many British military professionals and historians consider their army's greatest moment to have been a small battle fought at the beginning of the war in August, 1914. In those simpler days a fully-equipped British Expeditionary Force could be on French soil and locked in ...
The British 31st Division tore itself to pieces against the German defenses at the village of Serre on the Somme in 1916. Serre was the northernmost point of the Somme front, and was the scene of 4 distinct battles during World War I. This "Battleground Europe" book contains detailed information on the battles at Serre and detailed walking and car ...
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