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The gas attacks : Ypres 1915 / John Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, John, 1946-
- Series:
- Campaign chronicles
- Campaign Chronicles
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915.
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use--History--20th century.
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 178 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, Eng. : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Reconstruction of the poison gas attack at Ypres in 1915
- Full description of the month-long battle that followed
- Analysis of the German tactics and the Allied response
- Assesses the impact of new weapons on the Western Front
- Contents:
- Background 1
- October 1914 1
- Deadlock on the Western Front . . . 4
- . . . And Possible Ways to Break it 4
- Enter Fritz Haber and 'Disinfection' 6
- The Decision to use Poison Gas 7
- April 1915: Warnings no Gentleman Could Believe 8
- Campaign Chronicle 11
- 15 April: Changing Winds 11
- 17 April: The Battle for Hill 60 14
- The BEF is Back in the Salient 16
- 19 April: Another False Start 18
- 22-23 April: The Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge 19
- The First Shock 19
- 'Everyone is Dying Around Me' 20
- Gallant Little Belgium 22
- A Swift Response to the Emergency 23
- Counter-Attack at Once! 27
- Kitchener's Wood 27
- Geddes Force to the Rescue 33
- Closing the Gap 35
- 'Never had any Prospect of Success' 37
- 24 April: The Second Great Gas Attack 43
- Disaster Looms 45
- A Remarkable Performance by New Troops 48
- Order, Counter-Order, Disorder 50
- 25 April 51
- To Retreat or not to Retreat? 54
- The Lahore Division Arrives 56
- 26 April 57
- A Brigadier General Killed in Action 58
- India to the Fore 59
- The Germans Expected to Walk Into Ypres Today 63
- 27 April: Smith-Dorrien Tries to Force a Decision From his Chief 65
- India Tries Again 68
- Sir John French's Revenge 70
- 28 April: A Slight Pause 72
- The Decision to Withdraw 73
- 29 April 74
- 30 April 75
- 1-7 May: The Salient Shrinks 75
- The Sirhind Brigade Goes in Alone 75
- Gas at Hill 60 77
- A Major Gas Attack 80
- Preparing to Withdraw 82
- The Princess Pat's 85
- 'Selling the Hun a Dog' 86
- 'A Magnificent Spectacle' 88
- 'Hell let Loose' 88
- The Loss of Hill 60 91
- `'Orace, You're For 'Ome' 94
- 8 May: Victory at Hand? 96
- 'Hell with the Lid Off' 97
- 83rd Brigade Collapses 99
- The 'Stonewall' Brigade 101
- One of the Great Tragedies of the War 104
- A Two-Mile Gap 105
- Victory Snatched From the Jaws of Defeat 108
- 9 May: A Really Satisfactory Infantry Fight 110
- 10 May 112
- 11 May 113
- 12 May 114
- 13 May 116
- 14-23 May: An Interlude 119
- 24-25 May: Mutual Exhaustion 122
- The Biggest Gas Attack 122
- The Loss of Mouse Trap Farm 123
- Reluctant Attackers? 125
- Good Gas Discipline 128
- Another Futile Counter-Attack 130
- Enough is Enough 133
- 30-31 July: The Flamethrower Attack at Hooge 135
- The Flammenwerfers 136
- A Counter-Attack Under Protest 138
- 9 August: Lessons Learned and Applied 140
- Aftermath 143
- Tactical Developments 143
- Development of Gas and Flame Warfare 146
- The Morality of Gas Weapons 148
- Conclusion 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1306876761
- 9781306876766
- 9781783835218
- 1783835214
- Publisher Number:
- 99980806885
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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