The "Fortnightly" History of the War, Volume 1Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1916 - World War, 1914-1918 |
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Page 26 - I cannot close the brief account of this glorious stand of the British troops without putting on record my deep appreciation of the valuable services rendered by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.
Page 247 - He was followed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air, each of whom explained to the Conference the aspects of defence which concerned his special responsibilities.
Page iii - Vis consili expers mole ruit sua ; Vim temperatam Di quoque provehunt In majus ; idem odere vires Omne nefas animo moventes.
Page 119 - The power of defence conferred by modern weapons is the main cause of the long duration of the battles of the present day, and it is this fact which mainly accounts for such loss and waste of life. Both one and the other can, however, be shortened and lessened if attacks can be supported by...
Page 166 - ... to realise what had actually happened. The smoke and fumes hid everything from sight, and hundreds of men were thrown into a comatose or dying condition, and within an hour the whole position had to be abandoned, together with about fifty guns. I wish particularly to repudiate any idea of attaching the least blame to the French Division for this unfortunate incident.
Page 130 - The whole of this mass of troops, concentrated on a very small area, and unable to reply, were exposed to a relentless and incessant shrapnel fire, which swept every yard of the ground, although fortunately a great deal of it was badly aimed or burst too high. The reserves were engaged in...
Page 223 - ... St. Vaast our Allies reached the farm of La Folie. This French army was strongly opposed on September 25th, and was unable to penetrate into the German lines south of Loos as far as the British troops did on the north of the village, but 1,500 prisoners were taken, and Souchez was left well in the rear. On the night of the 25th the Crown Prince of Bavaria, who was in command of the army opposing Sir John French, brought up reserve troops from Belgium, and began a series of vigorous counter-attacks...
Page 63 - ... success has been attained, and all the enemy's desperate attempts to break through our line frustrated, is due entirely to the marvellous fighting power and the indomitable courage and tenacity of officers, non-commissioned officers and men. No more arduous task has ever been assigned to British soldiers ; and in all their splendid history there is no instance of their having answered so magnificently to the desperate calls which of necessity were made upon them.
Page 287 - ... been transformed by them into immense nights of steps or terraces ; each terrace or pittakh being perfectly level and bordered by a dam. A beautiful system of irrigation allows these fields or terraces to be inundated or watered and drained as occasion requires, and some mountains are so cultivated up to a height of between two and three thousand feet above the sea level. Nothing can equal the beauty of these velvet-like steps up the mountains, traversed by little rills of water, glittering in...
Page 223 - ... line, and the Guards Division still further away. These troops did not leave their rendezvous till 9.30 am, and then it was too late, the battle being practically over before midday. If they had been thrown into the fighting line in the early morning they might have turned a failure into a success. Simultaneously with this, which was the main attack, other attacks were made north of the La Bassee Canal, and east of Ypres, but beyond holding the enemy and diverting strong bodies of reserve troops...