The Bef Campaign On The Aisne 1914

Author : Jerry Murland
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783378395
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The BEF Campaign on the Aisne 1914 written by Jerry Murland and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest.The fighting was hugely costly to the BEF, which had already fought three major engagements and marched over 200 miles in a month. The three British Corps lost over 700 officers and some 15,000 men. Little wonder one officer wrote that he felt he was in the company of ghosts.Historian Jerry Murland places the Aisne battles in their context, both from the BEF and German viewpoints. He highlights the early deficiencies and unpreparedness of the British Army staff and logistics organization as well as friction among the command structure, all of which hampered effective operations.

Author : MURLAND JERRY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781399074544
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Battle on the Aisne 1914 written by MURLAND JERRY and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Kendall
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752463049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Aisne 1914 written by Paul Kendall and published by History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Aisne fought during September 1914 was a savage engagement and a complete shock for the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force who were trained to fight mobile wars. This book retells the story of the first Battle of Aisne, featuring diaries and letters from the soldiers who fought in the campaign.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The British Campaign in France and Flanders: 1914 written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sewell Tappan Tyng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Campaign of the Marne, 1914 written by Sewell Tappan Tyng and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the opening campaigns of the First World War on the western front in 1914, the defense of Paris by the French Armies and the British Expeditionary Force, the decisions of the German and French commanders von Kluck and Joffre, and the retreat of the German Army after the battles of the Ourcq, the two Morins, the Aisne and the Marne.

Author : Peter Hart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199355525
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Fire and Movement written by Peter Hart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage--all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth: a tale of poor unprepared Britain, reliant on the peerless class of her regular soldiers to bolster the rabble of the unreliable French Army and defeat the teeming hordes of German troops. But the reality of those early months is in fact far more complex--and ultimately, Hart argues, far more powerful than the standard triumphalist narrative. Fire and Movement places the British role in 1914 into a proper historical context, incorporating the personal experiences of the men who were present on the front lines. The British regulars were indeed skillful soldiers, but as Hart reveals, they also lacked practice in many of the required disciplines of modern warfare, and the inexperience of officers led to severe mistakes. Hart also provides a more accurate portrait of the German Army they faced--not the caricature of hordes of automatons, but the reality of a well-trained and superlatively equipped force that outfought the BEF in the early battles--and allows readers to come to a full appreciation of the role of the French Army, without whom the Marne never would have been won. Ultimately Fire and Movement shows the story of the 1914 campaigns to be an epic tale, and one which needs no embellishment. Through the voices and recollections of the soldiers who were there, Hart strips away the myth to offer a clear-eyed account of the remarkable early days of the Great War.

Author : George Herbert Perris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Campaign of 1914 in France and Belgium written by George Herbert Perris and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A Rinaldi
Publisher : Ravi Rikhye
ISBN 13 : 0977607283
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Order of Battle of the British Army 1914 written by Richard A Rinaldi and published by Ravi Rikhye. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete Order of Battle for the British Army in 1914. 470 content pages.

Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918 written by Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson and published by . This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. W. Carless-Davis
Publisher : Leonaur Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780857065421
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book 1914 written by H. W. Carless-Davis and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The counter attacks that saved the Allied cause This concise book contains two accounts, by H. W. Carless-Davis and A. Neville Hilditch, of the conflicts of the first year of the Great War, brought together in one value for money volume because the short length of each account means that it is improbable that either would be republished individually in modern times. Each account includes a campaign overview, illustrations and maps, dispatches and in some cases first hand accounts from those who fought. The Battle of the Marne essentially halted the advance of the invading German Army in early September 1914. It brought to an end a successful, month long offensive by the Germans and was considered by many to be 'the Miracle of the Marne, ' because at the point they were halted the Germans were all but at the outskirts of Paris. The massive Allied counter attack by six French and one British field armies rolled the Germans back to the north-east . Eventually the Germans turned at bay and were attacked by the pursuing allies on the Aisne. The principal outcome of these engagements was an end to fluidity of warfare in Europe until the final stages of the war. In its stead would be the gruelling stalemate of attrition which was the trench warfare of 'the Western Front.' The second piece concentrates on a particularly notable engagement around Troyon which will be of particular interest to those who are fascinated by the more detailed aspects of the campaign. Available in softcover and hardcover with dustjacket.