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COURAGE WITHOUT GLORY: THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1915

by Spencer Jones

Published by Helion & Company. 1st. 2015

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A fresh and insightful evaluation of the experience of the British Army through a sereies of 15 thematic essays examining the strategic, operational, tactical and logistical problems that shaped the fighting. Edited by Spencer Jones. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 448 pages including index.

Glue has dried visibly during binding process to gutter edge of front pastedown, less visible to rear pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Else a lovely copy.

ISBN: 9781910777183
Stock no. 1829783

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Foreword by Professor Brian Bond
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Forgotten Year Spencer Jones
  • 1 "To make war as we must, and not as we should like": The British Army and the Problem of the Western Front, 1915
  • Spencer Jones
  • 2 The Supply of Munitions to the Army, 1915
  • John Mason Sneddon
  • 3 Friends Disunited: Johnnie French, Wully Robertson and 'K of K' in 1915
  • John Spencer
  • 4 Henry Horne as Divisional Commander
  • 5 The BEF Takes OFF: The Royal Flying Corps, 1915
  • Peter Hart
  • 6 British-Indian Army Cavalry: From Mobilisation to the Western Front 1915
  • Graham Winton
  • 7 Douglas Haig and the Planning of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle
  • Patrick Watt
  • 8 Inescapable Realities: Canadian Command, Spring 1915
  • Kenneth Radley
  • 9 Death of a Battalion: The 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at the Second Battle of Ypres
  • Tom Williams
  • 10 The Battle of Festubert
  • Robert Williams
  • 11 "Seven Days in Hell": The 1/7th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment at the Battle of Festubert, May 1915
  • Adrian Gregson
  • 12 "A Coda to the Second Battle of Ypres": International Trench, 6-10 July 1915
  • Michael LoCicero
  • 13 "A Great Victory All But Gained": The Battle of Loos, 1915
  • Brian Curragh
  • 14 8th Division and the Action at Bois Grenier, 25 September 1915
  • Alun Thomas
  • 15 Gas, Grenades and Grievances: The Attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt by 46th (North Midland) Division, 13 October 1915
  • Michael Woods
  • Index

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