Battle on the Aisne 1914 : the BEF and the birth of the Western front / Jerry Murland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murland, Jerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aisne, Battle of the, France, 1914.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, bot

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Marne""; ""Chapter 2: A Slow and Cautious Advance""; ""Chapter 3: Parrying the Blow""; ""Chapter 4: Bridges over Troubled Waters""; ""Chapter 5: The Left Flank � 4th Division""; ""Chapter 6: The Centre Left � 5th Division""; ""Chapter 7: The Centre Right � 3rd Division""; ""Chapter 8: The Right Flank � 2nd Division""; ""Chapter 9: On the Chemin des Dames � 1st Division""; ""Chapter 10: Trench Warfare""; ""Chapter 11: The 6th Division""

""Chapter 12: Ubique""""Chapter 13: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines""; ""Chapter 14: Prisoners of War""; ""Chapter 15: Epilogue""; ""Notes on Sources""; ""Appendix I: Order of Battle � British Expeditionary Force September 1914""; ""Appendix II: The Aisne Cemeteries""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783378395

1783378395

OCLC:

854974688