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1 online resource |
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ACLS Gutenberg-e series |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book |
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ACLS Gutenberg-e series.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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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 |
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1998 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
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English |
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Screen of 2008-10-06; title from caption |
Subject |
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. fast (OCoLC)fst00585829 |
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Artillery -- Great Britain -- History
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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Artillery.
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Great Britain.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780231502191 |
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0231502192 |
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