Beaumont Hamel was the Somme sector assigned as an objective to the independent-minded professional-class reservists of the London Division in 1916; they achieved better results than their more conservative comrades of the Regular Army. This "Battleground Europe" book contains all the detail...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Nigel Cave
ISBN:9780850525847
Almost every British regiment saw action in "Devil''s" Wood in the long Somme summer. This series is desi gned for both the battlefield visitor and the armchair trave ller...more details Format:Paperback
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Nigel Cave
ISBN:9780850528428
Le Cateau (26-27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat...more details Format:Paperback Pages:248
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Nigel Cave
ISBN:9780850526066
This wood featured significantly in the Firs t and Third Battles of Ypres and was the scene of numerous d eeds of heroism. The courage of individuals and units from B ritain and Australia are described in this latest edition to the series...more details Format:Paperback Pages:144
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Nigel Cave
ISBN:9780850523553
Two hotly contested sectors of the Ypres Salient get the full "Battleground Europe" treatment, details and significance of the battle itself...more details Format:Paperback Pages:112
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CAVE NIGEL & HORSFALL JACK
ISBN:9780850526776
In the context of the whole war, Mons was a small-scale affair, but its importance was crucial partly because it was the first time in nearly 100 years that the British Army had been engaged in warfare on the European continent...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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HANCOCK EDWARD & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9781844150939
This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge. Their objective was to break the German line and cut the supply route to the enemy troops fighting to the south against a French Offensive at Vimy Ridge In true Battleground style...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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SHELDON JACK & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9781844155521
In a new departure in the "Battleground Europe" series, this book is a guide to both sides of a major battle - in this case to the Canadian Corps operations against 1st Bavarian Reserve Corps at Vimy from 9-12 April 1917...more details Format:Paperback Pages:236
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HORSFALL JACK & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9780850528183
Bourlon Wood is situated some three miles to the west of Cambrai, and formed part of the left of the attack by the British which started on 20th November 1917 - most notable for the first mass use of tanks. The wood itself is the prominent feature in the area...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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HORSFALL JACK & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9780850526325
The Battleground Europe series identifies an d describes the sites and events that took place during Euro pe''s wars. Each volume includes illustrations...more details Format:Paperback
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HORSFALL JACK & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9780850528978
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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BOND BRIAN & CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9781844158874
Field Marshal Earl Haig's reputation continues to arouse as much interest and controversy as ever. This volume represents the collaboration of two leading historical societies...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:271
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CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9780850525595
A mound three miles southeast of the fiercely contested town of Ypres, Hill 60 was the scene of intense fighting throughout most of World War 1. Hill 60 was not a natural feature but had been produced by the dirt excavated in a nearby railroad cut. Neither the British nor the Germans could permit the other to occupy the hill...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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CAVE NIGEL
ISBN:9780850523997
Where others had failed, Canada's citizen army won its greatest victory on Vimy Ridge in 1917. This, the latest in the "Battleground Europe" series...more details Format:Paperback Pages:120