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France and Belgium 1915.Vol II: Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos. Official History of the Great War.

France and Belgium 1915.Vol II: Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos. Official History of the Great War.

Edmonds, Brig-Gen James

Paperback

Series: Official History of the Great War

French HistoryWorld War I

ISBN10: 1845747194
ISBN13: 9781845747190
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: May 7 2013
Pages: 634
Weight: 1.84
Height: 1.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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