Challenge of Battle - The Real Story of the British Army in 1914, Adrian Gilbert .

Challenge of Battle - The Real Story of the British Army in 1914, Adrian Gilbert .
 Looks at the early campaigns of the BEF, from its first battle at Mons to the costly fighting at Ypres, where the pre-war British army was almost destroyed. A good up-to-date campaign history covering this pivotal period of mobile warfare and the start of the stalemate of the Western Front.
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