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Flesquieres - Hindenburg Line.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horsfall, Jack.
- Series:
- Battleground Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Flesquieres--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France--Flesquieres.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France--Flesquiáeres--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917--Battlefields--Flesquiáeres--France.
- Flesquières (France)--History, Military--20th century.
- Flesquières (France).
- Flesquières (France)--Tours.
- Local Subjects:
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Flesquieres--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France--Flesquieres.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 defense against the German counter strike, the defense of the Flesquieres Salient against the Kaiserschlact in March 1918 and its recapture in Sept/Oct 1918 all key elements in great Allied advance to victory. This book and guide to the Battle for Flesquieres Ridge tells of the onslaught by 470 tanks and infantry battalions which smashed through the Hindenburg line to the great surprise of the Germans who thought it invin
- Contents:
- Intro
- Other guides in the Battleground Europe Series:
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction by Series Editor
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Advice To Tourers
- Chapter One - SETTING THE SCENE
- The German Defences
- The British IV Corps Plan of Attack. The Plan for the Artillery
- The Plan for the Tanks
- The Plan for the Cavalry
- The Plan for the Infantry
- Chapter Two - THE ATTACK ON FLESQUIÈRES RIDGE
- The 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division: The Left Flank.
- The 6th Division (III Corps): The Right Flank
- The 51st (Highland) Division
- Chapter Three - FLESQUIÈRES: THE SALIENT, DECEMBER 1917
- Chapter Four - DEFENCE OF FLESQUIÈRES AGAINST THE KAISERSCHLACHT, MARCH 1918
- 22 March
- 23 March
- Chapter Five - THE LAST BATTLE: SEPTEMBER 1918
- TOUR ONE
- TOUR TWO
- TOUR THREE
- TOUR FOUR
- TOUR FIVE
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783402861
- 1783402865
- 9781783460144
- 1783460148
- OCLC:
- 854974981
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