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Before endeavours fade : a guide to the battlefields of the First World War / edited by Rose E.B. Coombs and Karel Margry.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- After the battle
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--Guidebooks.
- War memorials--Europe--Guidebooks.
- War memorials.
- Battlefields--Europe--Guidebooks.
- Battlefields.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.) ill
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, England : After the Battle, 2021.
- Summary:
- From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne: all the major battlefields of the First World War -- Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St. Quentin, Mons, Le Cateau, Reims, Verdun and St. Mihiel -- are criss-crossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Every significant feature is described in detail. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years. After the Battle's editor, Karel Margry, has traveled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as well as re-photographing every memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavor of Rose's original concept...before endeavors fade.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Calais to Ypres
- Zeebrugge to Ypres
- YPRES
- YPRES SALIENT BATTLEFIELD TOUR
- The Road South
- ARRAS
- THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR
- Arras to Cambrai
- Five routes to Mons
- MONS
- Mons Battlefield Tour
- LE CATEAU
- Amiens to Calais
- St Quentin to Reims
- Reims to Verdun
- VERDUN
- VERDUN BATTLEFIELD TOUR
- The St Mihiel Salient
- Reims to Compiègne
- The Battle of Fromelles
- INDEX
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781399076159
- 1399076159
- OCLC:
- 1456763277
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