France and Belgium 1915.Vol II

Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos. Official History of the Great War.

von Brig-Gen James Edmonds

634 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume completes the unhappy (for the BEF) year of 1915, one described with good reason as a year of disappointment. Its special interest is that it records the first employment of the Territorial and New Army divisions as complete formations in a major offensive and the first British employment of gas. It describes the Battles of Aubers Ridge, a disaster that cost 11,500 casualties in a day; Festubert in which initial success could not be exploited; and Loos (including the Hohenzollern Redoubt) in which we first used gas, with mixed results, and in which we failed to make progress. Our casualties in the battle (25 September-16 October) amounted to nearly 50,400. Total battle losses for 1915 were 285,000 compared with 90,000 for the five months of 1914.

• Reihe: Official History of the Great War
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Erster Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781845747190
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2013
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press