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Author Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928.

Title Sir Douglas Haig's despatches : (December 1915-April 1919) / edited J.H. Boraston.

Imprint London & Toronto : J.M. Dent & sons ltd. ; New York : E.P. Dutton & co., 1919.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Adams  940.42 H125  maps c.1    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xviii, 378 p. : front., ports., maps (2 fold.) ; 26 cm. and portfolio of 10 fold, maps. 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes index.
Contents Preface ; Introduction / by Field-Marshal Foch -- Local operations: St. Eloi -- The opening of the wearing-out battle -- The retreat to the Hindenburg Line. -- The campaigns of 1917 -- The Cambrai Operations -- The great German offensive -- The advance to victory -- The final despatch -- Original text of Marshal Foch's introduction.
Map 1. Somme battle, 1916 -- 2. The German retreat to the Hindenburg line, Winter 1916-17 -- 3. Battle of Arras, Spring 1917 -- 4. Third battle of Ypres, Summer and Autumn, 1917 -- 5. Battle of Cambrai, November & December, 1917 -- 6. German offensive on the Somme, March 1918 -- 7. The German offensive on the Lys, April 1918 -- 8. Final British offensive, August-November 1918 -- 9. Allied advance, 1918 -- 10. The British advance to the Rhine.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Added Author Boraston, J. H. (John Herbert), 1885-1969.

 
    
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