Reynolds, Francis Joseph:The Story of the Great War (V. 3)
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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 504 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=28mm, Gew.=730gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … More...
Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 504 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=28mm, Gew.=730gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of the fighting on the Neuve Chapelle front that they shortly after issued an order to try a series of experiments on animals with asphyxiating gases. CHAPTER III OPERATIONS FOLLOWING NEUVE CHAPELLE mHERE was very little activity on the western front after the -L fighting at Neuve Chapelle and St. Eloi until the beginning of a renewal of the campaign between La Bassee and the sea. The importance of success in this region was appreciated by both sides. The Germans north of the Lys planned to cross the Comines-Ypres, Yperlee, and Yser Canals, capture Ypres, take all of the ridge of the Mont-des-Cats, and then continue west and take Dunkirk, Calais, and Boulogne. The Allies in their plan included an advance south of the Lys on two sides of Lille, the taking of the Aubers Ridge, and the turning from the north the German salient at La Bassee. This much of the Allies' plan was to be executed by the British. The work of the French was to drive the Germans from the vicinity of Lens and threaten La Bassee from the south and west. The reasons for making these plans are obvious. The German salient was a source of much danger to the joining of the British and French armies, and the possibility of the Germans forcing their way through to Boulogne meant a possibility of a cutting off of the entire British army and the French and Belgian forces between Ypres and the sea near Nieuport. However, if La Bassee was isolated and the Aubers Ridge taken by the British, the chances that the Germans could retain Lille were materially lessened; and if the British got Lille they might start to drive their enemy from Belgium. During the lull in the fighting on land, to which reference has been made, there was much activity in the air. Reconnaissancesand raids were of almost daily occurrence. A Z...<
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