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The First World War 1914-1918 Personal Experience of Lieut.-Col. C.A. Court Repington

1920

Eleven years later no higher estimate was placed by the French upon the German figures despite the continuous growth of the Gorman Army in the interval TherOfollowed a series of German Militarlaws up to the outbreak of war all of which increased the German power and were fully recorded by me year by year in the 1'int88 The reasons why the German effort Wagi underestimated have to be explaine [...] The German military party determined to wage war at the first favourable opportunity in order to forestall the impending expansion of the Russian Army reckoned the moment propitious and the pretext adequate for war and from the first Germany blocked all the openings to peace. [...] The TOL grim silent figure—silent at least in the public estimation—whose impressive portrait appeared on every All and on the recruiting posters was the central feature of the war ; and if at any time the country had been asked to choose between him and the Cabinet the latter would have come off sceond-best. [...] This map completely exposed the German aim of enveloping the French left by a march through Belgium and had the proper conclusions been drawn by the French Staff from the indications on which the map was based the great misfortunes of the opeing of the was would have been avoided. [...] Our Army then moved to the left and began that series of wonderful actions which culminated in the defeat of the second great German effort to overwhelm us in the West and eventually ended in the establishment of rival lines of defence and in the crystallisation of the fighting into the trench warfare which endured throughout the years 1915 1916 and 1917.
history
Pages
638
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.144395
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
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Chapter I. Our Military Understanding with France 1906-1914
1-16 unknown view
Chapter II. The First Year August 1914—September 1915
17-41 unknown view
Chapter III. The Outlook Autumn 1915
42-72 unknown view
Chapter IV. Salonika and the Dardanelles
73-98 unknown view
Chapter V. The Outlook for 1916
99-122 unknown view
Chapter VI. Equality of Allied and German Strengths
123-150 unknown view
Chapter VII. A Visit to the Freench Front March and April 1916
151-177 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Recruiting and Submarine Troubles
178-213 unknown view
Chapter IX. A Tour In Italy June 1916
214-251 unknown view
Chapter X. The Somme Battle July 1918
252-273 unknown view
Chapter XI. The Somme Battle July 1918
274-304 unknown view
Chapter XII. Rumania Takes the Field August 1916
305-331 unknown view
Chapter XIII. France Salonika and Man-Power Autumn 1916
332-366 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Mr. Lloyd George and Military Moloch
367-390 unknown view
Chapter XV. MR. Lloyd George Prime Minister December 1910
391-416 unknown view
Chapter XVI. The Question of Japanese Co-Operation January 1017
417-477 unknown view
Chapter XVIII. Mr. Lioyd George Reviews the Situation March 1917
478-518 unknown view
Chapter XX. Arras and Champagne April 1917
519-562 unknown view
Chapter XXI. The American Programme
563-592 unknown view
Chapter XXII. Mesopotamla and Egypt 1917
593-621 unknown view

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