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Book Synopsis Retreat and Rearguard, 1914 by : Jerry Murland
Download or read book Retreat and Rearguard, 1914 written by Jerry Murland and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British action at Mons on 23 August 1914 was the catalyst for what became a full blown retreat over 200 blood drenched miles. This book examines eighteen of the desperate rearguard actions that occurred during the twelve days of this near rout. While those at Le Cateau and Nery are well chronicled, others such as cavalry actions at Morsain and Taillefontaine, the Connaught Rangers at Le Grand Fayt and 13 Brigades fight at Crepy-en-Valois are virtually unknown even to expert historians. We learn how in the chaos and confusion that inevitably reigned units of Gunners and other supporting arms found themselves in the front line.The work of the Royal Engineers responsible for blowing bridges over rivers and canals behind the retreating troops comes in for particular attention and praise. Likewise that of the RAMC. No less than 16 VCs were won during this historic Retreat, showing that even in the darkest hours individuals and units performed with gallantry, resourcefulness and great forbearance.The book comes alive with first hand accounts, letters, diaries, official unit records, much of which has never been published before.
Book Synopsis Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940 by : Jerry Murland
Download or read book Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940 written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of how a quarter million men were evacuated from the coast of France—and how the British Expeditionary Force fought on. This book, part of the Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk, Boulogne, Calais, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, and finally the Cherbourg Peninsula. Some of the engagements are relatively well known (Cassell, the Arras counter-attack, and the notorious Le Paradis SS massacre), but the author has unearthed many less known engagements from the long and painful withdrawal. While the main Dunkirk evacuation from the port and beaches was over by early June, elements of the BEF fought on until June 21. In relating those often heroic actions, this book catches the atmosphere of desperate defiance that typified this never-to-be-forgotten period.
Book Synopsis Retreat and Rearguard, Somme 1918 by : Jerry Murland
Download or read book Retreat and Rearguard, Somme 1918 written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Spring offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a period of great danger for the Allies. Both sides were exhausted after years of bitter fighting and huge losses. While eventually catastrophically unsuccessful and the prelude to their final defeat, the Germans forced the Allies back over hard-won ground until the tide turned.Historian Jerry Murland has researched and visited the scenes of desperate actions during late March 1918. He describes in graphic detail the battles fought by British, Irish and South African regiments in the area from St Leger in the North to La Fere in the South. He unearths the extraordinary stories of unit and individual courage. He also examines the work of the Royal Engineers who blew bridges and disrupted lines of communication. This original approach covers battles that in many cases have only been described briefly in official histories. The book is a useful companion for any battlefield visitor.
Book Synopsis The Army of Tennessee in Retreat by : O.C. Hood
Download or read book The Army of Tennessee in Retreat written by O.C. Hood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Battle of Nashville, Confederate General John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee was in full retreat, from the battle lines south of Nashville to the Tennessee River at the Alabama state line. Ferocious engagements broke out along the way as Hood's small rearguard, harried by Federal Cavalry brigades, fought a 10-day running battle over 100 miles of impoverished countryside during one of the worst winters on record.
Book Synopsis Retreat and Rearguard Dunkirk 1940 by : Jerry Murland
Download or read book Retreat and Rearguard Dunkirk 1940 written by Jerry Murland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The General’s Slow Retreat by : Mary Helen Spooner
Download or read book The General’s Slow Retreat written by Mary Helen Spooner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uneasy transition -- Transferring power -- The conciliator -- The commander -- Truth and reconciliation -- Building democracy -- Elections and the military -- Politics and free speech -- Justice delayed -- London and Santiago -- Consolidating democracy -- The dictator's last bow -- Unfinished business -- Michelle Bachelet -- Chile, post-Pinochet.
Book Synopsis Retreat from Gettysburg by : Kent Masterson Brown, Esq.
Download or read book Retreat from Gettysburg written by Kent Masterson Brown, Esq. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a groundbreaking, comprehensive history of the Army of Northern Virginia's retreat from Gettysburg in July 1863, Kent Masterson Brown draws on previously untapped sources to chronicle the massive effort of General Robert E. Lee and his command as they sought to move people, equipment, and scavenged supplies through hostile territory and plan the army's next moves. Brown reveals that even though the battle of Gettysburg was a defeat for the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee's successful retreat maintained the balance of power in the eastern theater and left his army with enough forage, stores, and fresh meat to ensure its continued existence as an effective force.
Book Synopsis The Liberty Boys' Rear Guard, Or, Covering Greene's Retreat by : Harry Moore
Download or read book The Liberty Boys' Rear Guard, Or, Covering Greene's Retreat written by Harry Moore and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Minor Tactics by : Sir Cornelius Francis Clery
Download or read book Minor Tactics written by Sir Cornelius Francis Clery and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fornovo 1495 written by David Nicolle and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles VIII led Europe's most potent army to victory against one Italian province after another. The Italian states rallied though, and at Fornovo they fought the French juggernaught to a standstill. Here began the bloody Italian Wars.
Book Synopsis Staff duties, lectures by : Francis Coningsby H. Clarke
Download or read book Staff duties, lectures written by Francis Coningsby H. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On War written by Carl von Clausewitz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On War is one of the most important books ever written on the subject of war. Clausewitz, a Prussian officer who fought against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, sought to understand and analyse the phenomenon of war so that future leaders could conduct and win conflicts more effectively. He studied the human and social factors that affect outcomes, as well as the tactical and technical ones. He understood that war was a weapon of government, and that political purpose, chance, and enmity combine to shape its dynamics. On War continues to be read by military strategists, politicians, and others for its timeless insights. This abridged edition by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Retreat of I Corps 1914 by : Jerry Murland
Download or read book Retreat of I Corps 1914 written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 23 August 1914 it was only the two divisions of General Smith-Dorrien's II Corps that were directly engaged with the German First Army along the line of the Mons-Conde Canal. As the British Expeditionary Force withdrew from Mons and bivouacked around Bavay on 25 August, Sir John French and his GHQ advisors _ unsure of the condition of the routes through the Fort de Mormal - ordered the British Expeditionary Force to continue their retirement the next day and to avoid the 35 square miles of forest roads. Consequently II Corps used the roads to the west of the Fort de Mormal and Sir Douglas Haig's I Corps those to the east _ with the intention that the four divisions should meet again at Le Cateau. It was an intention that was ambushed by circumstance as I Corps encountered units of the German 7th Division at Landrecies on 25/26 August. Unsure of the weight of the German attack at Landrecies, Douglas Haig hurriedly left for Grand Fayt and ordered his two divisions to immediately begin their retirement along a route that would take them west of Le Cateau. It was this decision that kept the by now five divisions of the BEF apart until 1 September and is the subject of this book. I Corps was now coming under attack from the German Second Army and the resulting rearguard actions that Haig's men were involved in are covered in this volume:
Book Synopsis The Southern Bivouac by : William Naylor McDonald
Download or read book The Southern Bivouac written by William Naylor McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advance or retreat? written by and published by Charles River Editors. This book was released on 1980 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Letters on Applied Tactics by : Otto F. W. T. Griepenkerl
Download or read book Letters on Applied Tactics written by Otto F. W. T. Griepenkerl and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Officer's Notes by : Ralph Middleton Parker
Download or read book An Officer's Notes written by Ralph Middleton Parker and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
