Title "The infantry cannot do with a gun less" : the place of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 / by Sanders Marble

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2008, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource Series ACLS Gutenberg-e series ACLS Humanities E-Book ACLS Gutenberg-e series. ACLS Humanities E-Book Contents 1. Introduction -- [Intro] -- Elements of Battle -- Focus of the Study -- Two Schools of Thought? -- Why not Revolutionaries? -- Source Material -- Other Technical Branches -- A Combat Arm? -- New Ideas -- 2. Background through the end of 1914 -- Introduction -- The Legacy of the Boer War -- Postwar Reforms -- Foreign Influences -- Organizational Structure -- Chain of Command -- Aggressive Use of Artillery -- Field Artillery Tactics -- Field Artillery Equipment -- The Royal Garrison Artillery -- Siege Artillery in the Field -- Conclusions: The Pre-war Artillery -- 1914 -- 3. Preparing the Attack: Part I, 1914-1916 -- Introduction -- 1914 -- The First Trench-warfare Attack -- 1915 -- Another View on Tactics -- The Next Attacks: Aubers Ridge and Festubert -- Loos -- The Search for a Formula -- GHQ's Role -- Haig Takes Over -- 1916 -- Density of the Bombardment -- Wire-cutting -- Ammunition Supply -- Course of the Battle -- Conclusion -- 4. Preparing the Attack, Part II: 1917-1918 -- Introduction -- Arras: The Planning -- Arras: The Battle -- Messines Ridge -- Third Ypres: Planning -- Third Ypres: The Battle -- Smaller Operations -- Cambrai -- Reviewing 1917 -- 1918 -- 1918 -- 1918 -- Conclusion -- 5. The "Counter Blaster" and Counter-Battery Work -- Introduction -- Pre-war Conditions -- 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Conclusion -- 6. Supporting the Attack: Barrages and Direct Fire -- Introduction -- 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Conclusion -- 7. Artillery in Defense -- Introduction -- 1914 -- Trench Warfare, 1914-1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Conclusion -- 8. Training and Schools -- Introduction -- Before the War -- Initial Wartime Problems -- Training Officers -- What to Teach -- Larkhill -- Within the System -- Conclusion -- 9. Command and Staff Arrangements -- Introduction -- The Battery -- The Brigade -- The Division -- The Corps -- Corps Heavy Artillery -- Army Level Artillerymen -- Gunners at GHQ -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion: The Artilleryman's Place Notes Originally published by Gutenberg-e: www.gutenberg-e.org Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1998 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation English Screen of 2008-10-06; title from caption Subject Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 SUBJECT Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. fast (OCoLC)fst00585829 Subject Artillery -- Great Britain -- History World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain. Artillery. Great Britain. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780231502191 0231502192

Other Titles Place of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 Place of the artillery in the BEF, 1914-1918

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