The Battle Of Loos

Author : Philip Warner
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781840222296
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Loos written by Philip Warner and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterward, the small town of Loos, between Lens and La Bass?e in Northern France, became the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War ... Philip Warner's narrative is vividly brought to life through the words of survivors from all parts of the line: the infantry, the gunners, the officers, and including extracts from the letters and diaries of Sir John French ... Through their accounts and diaries of the time, they reveal one of the most horrific tales of war yet told as well as the heroism and determination that in the end tipped the scales to victory"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Nick Lloyd
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752446769
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loos 1915 written by Nick Lloyd and published by History Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Loos 1915

Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483692
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle Story: Loos 1915 written by Peter Doyle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Loos saw a change in Allied strategy, which up until then had been a series of small-scale assaults that achieved little or no ground gained. Loos was to be different, Kitchener's Army was deployed in strength for the first time and an ambitious plan aimed to take ground over a 20-mile front. As the fog of war descended the first day's gains were lost over subsequent days' fighting and in the end the 'Big Push' saw little achieved with Allied losses of about 50,000 men. Through quotes and maps the text explores the unfolding action of the battle and puts the reader on the frontline. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.

Author : Nick Lloyd
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752496557
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loos 1915 written by Nick Lloyd and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In little over three weeks of intensive fighting, which not only witnessed the first British use of poison gas, but also the debut of New Army divisions filled with citizen volunteers, British forces at Loos managed to drive up to two miles into the German positions. However, they were unable to capitalise on their initial gains. After suffering nearly 60,000 casualties (three times the number suffered by their opponents) and being driven from the German lines in disorder, bitter recrimination followedNick Lloyd presents a reassessment of the Battle of Loos, arguing that it was vital to the development of new strategies and tactics. He places it within its political and strategic context, as well as discusses command and control and the tactical realities of war on the Western Front during 1915.

Author : Niall Cherry
Publisher : Helion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Most Unfavourable Ground written by Niall Cherry and published by Helion. This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year of 1914 had been a difficult one for the British Expeditionary Force, the war that had started in August had not been over by the expected time of Christmas. Additionally many of its original members had become casualties and replacements were difficult to find. 1915 did not go much better, the BEF was still a minor player with only a relatively small number of divisions compared to the many in the French Army. The culmination of several attacks by the BEF in 1915 was the attack in the Loos sector in September where in a mining area north of Arras, the largest British offensive of the war thus far took place. Forced into an offensive in an area which as one senior commander put it was on 'most unfavorable ground', the BEF suffered heavy casualties and little material gain. Probably for these reasons the 1915 battles have been largely ignored and there has been a dearth of decent publications on Loos. Helion and Co Ltd are therefore pleased to announce the publication of a major new work Most Unfavourable Ground. The Battle of Loos 1915 by Niall Cherry. Most Unfavourable Ground offers a detailed look at the planning, execution and aftermath of the fighting. As well as using official records and reports, numerous personal stories have been woven into the account. The author's grandfather was present at Loos as a Chemical Corporal with the Royal Engineers gas units and this major new work reflects the author's passion for the subject. Key sales points: A major new work on an oft-neglected and overlooked offensive launched by the British forces in 1915, Draws on a large number of personal accounts in addition to official sources to provide a rich and detailed account, Includes much information about overlooked aspects of the Battle, including the British use of gas, and medical facilities, Features a large number of rare photographs, a comprehensive selection of maps and an extensive number of statistical tables.

Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : Spellmount
ISBN 13 : 9780752479330
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loos 1915 written by Peter Doyle and published by Spellmount. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Loos saw a change in Allied strategy, which up until then had been a series of small-scale assaults that achieved little or no ground gained. Loos was to be different, Kitchener's Army was deployed in strength for the first time and an ambitious plan aimed to take ground over a 20-mile front. As the fog of war descended the first day's gains were lost over subsequent days' fighting and in the end the 'Big Push' saw little achieved with Allied losses of about 50,000 men. Through quotes and maps the text explores the unfolding action of the battle and puts the reader on the frontline. If you truly want to understand what happened and why - read Battle Story.

Author : Gordon Corrigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loos 1915 written by Gordon Corrigan and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many ways 1915 is the forgotten year of First World War studies, and yet it saw the British and the French make repeated attempts to find methods that would release them from the stalemate that had existed since the end of First Ypres in the winter of 1914. These attempts to break through the German lines culminated in what to the British was the Battle of Loos, the largest deployment of the British Army so far in this war. At this stage the British were, on land, the junior partner in a coalition, and in the greater scheme of things, Loos was but a minor distraction in a much larger strategy, but as part of the development of the British way of waging war it was important. Loos saw the first use by the British of gas, a weapon banned in future conflicts, so terrible was it (erroneously) thought to be; the first use of the New Armies, Britain's first truly citizen army, and the realisation that it would be some time yet before they could be deployed with any confidence; and it was the final straw that led to the dismissal of Sir John French and his replacement by Sir Douglas Haig as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. Gordon Corrigan uses contemporary accounts, war diaries and his own knowledge of the ground to chart the course of the battle, and assess the competence of commanders and the capabilities of men and equipment in what was, in many ways, the last hurrah of the old regular army.

Author : Phillip Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859595138
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phillip Warner - The Battle of Loos written by Phillip Warner and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterwards, the small town of Loos, between Lens and La Bassee in Northern France, became the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War. The casualties were appalling - about 60,000, most of whom died on the first day. Although the main objective of a large-scale breakthrough, was not achieved, some 8,000 yards of enemy trench were captured and in some places the German defences were penetrated by up to two miles. Had these initial gains been exploited the course of the war might well have been different. Philip Warner's narrative is vividly brought to life through the words of survivors from all parts of the line: the infantry, the gunners, the officers, and including extracts from the letters and diaries of Sir John French - if courage and endurance could have won the day, Loos would have been a resounding success. Through their accounts and diaries of the time, they reveal one of the most horrific tales of war yet told as well as the heroism and determination that in the end tipped the scales to victory.

Author : Andy Whitehead
Publisher : Austin Macauley
ISBN 13 : 9781786937674
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pals War, the Battle of Loos written by Andy Whitehead and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Major Daniel Byrne on his journey both through the trenches and upwards through the ranks of the British Army as he leads his fearless band of 'Knaves', formed as a crack special unit made up of childhood friends from the mining towns of the north east of England. AAG Whitehead's Pals War: the Battle of Loos is a personal insight into life on the frontline of the First World War, centred on a group of young men who grew up together and now form a unique and elite band of fighters tasked with covert operations and intelligence gathering on the frontline during 1915. The Battle of Loos is not a book of deliberately graphic detail but a more touching and intimate account, a study of one man's experience which fully evokes the camaraderie of this group of men, although the horror of the war is never far away. The book also offers a fascinating portrait of the life of ordinary French people behind the lines and their interaction with the British soldiers, which contrasts dramatically with the carnage of the frontline. A none too predictable tale for this subject matter, The Battle of Loos is both different and captivating.

Author : Patrick MacGill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Push written by Patrick MacGill and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: