The Battles of French Flanders : Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos and Fromelles
Jon Cooksey (Author), Jerry Murland (Author)
The battles fought by the British army in 1915, in the second year of the First World War, are less well known than those fought immediately after the outbreak of war in 1914 and those that followed in 1916 which culminated in the Battle of the Somme. But the fighting at Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Neuve Chapelle and Loos was just as severe - as was the 1916 battle at Fromelles - and the battlefields are just as interesting to explore today. This volume in the Battle Lines series is the perfect guide to them. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that c
eBook, English, 2015
Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2015
1 online resource
9781473856417, 9781473856271, 1473856418, 1473856272
905696268
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Visiting Military Cemeteries; Historical Context; Visiting the Area; Route 1: Bois-Grenier; Route 2: Neuve Chapelle; Route 3: Aubers; Route 4: Fromelles and Pheasant Wood; Route 5: Rue du Bois and the Cinder Track; Route 6: Festubert; Route 7: Northern Car Tour; Route 8: Cuinchy and the Brickstacks; Route 9: Hohenzollern Redoubt; Route 10: Lone Tree and the Dump; Route 11: Hill 70; Route 12: Loos Battlefield Car Tour; Further Reading; Index