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AT ALL COSTS: THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1916

Written by Spencer Jones
Published by Helion & Company Ltd in 2018
ISBN: 9781912174881

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Front cover

Cover of AT ALL COSTS: THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1916 by Spencer Jones

Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Foreword by Professor Peter Simkins
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Endless Battle
  • 1. The Battle of the Somme and British War Plans 1916 (Stephen Badsey)
  • 2. The Puppetmaster: Sir William Robertson as CIGS in 1916 (John Spencer)
  • 3. Douglas Haig and the Somme (Andrew Wiest)
  • 4. British Intelligence and the Battle of Verdun (Jim Beach)
  • 5. The Changing Nature of Supply: Transportation in the BEF during the Battle of the Somme (Christopher Phillips)
  • 6. Lessons Unlearned: The Somme Preparatory Bombardment 24 June-1 July 1916 (Bill MacCormick)
  • 7. "The Battle in Miniature": THE BEF and the Art of Trench Raiding 1916 (John Pratt)
  • 8. "I shall hope ot try and officer and at least one corporal for cowardice": The German Trench Raid at La Boisselle, 11 April 1916 and the British Response (Michael LoCicero)
  • 9. Henry Horne as Corps Commander on the Somme (Simon Innes-Robbins)
  • 10. XIII Corps and the Attack at Montauban, 1 July 1916 (Spencer Jones)
  • 11. French XX Corps and Preparations for the Somme Offensive (Tim Gale)
  • 12. Learning from Defeat: 32nd Division and 1 July 1916 (Stuart Mitchell)
  • 13. Corporation on the Somme: The Application of Firepower on Pozieres Ridge (Meleah Hampton)
  • 14. Lessons and Legacy: Notes on 1st Canadian Division Attack, Regina Trench, 9 October 1916 (Kenneth Radley)
  • 15. Early Tank Tactical Doctrine and Training (Philip Ventham)
  • 16. "A Ragged Business": Officer Training Corps, Public Schools and the Recruitment of the Junior Officers Corps of 1916 (Timothy Halstead)
  • 17. Infantry Battalion Command on the Somme 1 July-18 November 1916 (Peter Hodgkinson)
  • 18. Muddy Grave? The German army at the end of 1916 (Tony Cowan)
  • 19. Ripples of the Somme: Commemorating and Remembering the Battle, 1919-2016 (Mark Connelly)
  • 20. The Somme: War Memoirs and Personal Memories (Brian Bond)
  • Index