Michelins Illustrated Guides To The Battle Fields 1914 1918

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ISBN 13 : 9781331407324
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book The Yser and the Belgian Coast written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Yser and the Belgian Coast: Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields, 1914 1918 In September 1911, after the Battle of the Manic and the German retreat, the centre and right of the French Armies quickly became fixed in front of the lines which the enemy had prepared in the rear, and were then fortifying. While the Allies' right, abutting on the Swiss frontier, was protected against any turning movement on the part of the enemy, their left (the 6th Army) was exposed. The French 6th Army (General Maunoury) held the right bank of the Oise, north of Compiegne (See map p. 3). The Germans attacked it in force and attempted their favourite turning movement. General Joffre parried the man uvre, and while strengthening the 6th Army, formed a mobile corps on his left wing, strong enough to withstand the enemy's outflanking movement. The 2nd Army, consisting of corps brought up from the east, was formed and placed under the command of General de Castelnau. Preceded and protected by divisions of cavalry, it gradually extended its front to the south of Arras. The Germans carried out a similar movement, and the opposing armies, in their attempt to outflank each offer, gradually prolonged their front northwards and approached the sea. Against the German right wing, which steadily extended itself northwards. General de Maud'huy's Army deployed from the Somme to La Bassee, and gave battle in front of Arras. The Germans attacked furiously and attempted both to crush the Allied front and continue their turning movement. Six Army Corps and two Cavalry Corps were thrown against General de Maud's huy's Army but the latter, reinforced, held its ground. The command of the Northern Army Group was entrusted to General Foch. The new chief promptly co-ordinated the dispositions, in view of a general action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."