Galway and the Great War

by HENRY WILLIAM

• ISBN13: 9781856355247
• ISBN10: 1856355241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

Examines Galway's remarkable contribution To The first World War.

Table of Contents

The Great War begins	p. 18
Call to arms : Galway mobilisation	p. 29
King and country : recruitment in Galway City & County	p. 38
The carrot & the stick : conscription & home rule	p. 63
God save Ireland : Galway's opposition to the war	p. 72
Fuel to the fire : suspicions & rumours	p. 83
Message in a bottle : Galway Sea war	p. 90
It's an ill wind : Galway war industry	p. 104
Gone but not forgotten : Galway supports its troops	p. 113
All quiet on the western front aftermath	p. 128
The battle and retreat from Mons	p. 139
The battles of the Aisne	p. 154
The Battles of Ypres	p. 166
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle	p. 189
Dardanelles and Gallipoli landings	p. 193
Mesopotamia, Palestine and Salonika campaigns	p. 216
The Battle of Loos	p. 226
The Battle of Jutland	p. 232
The Battles of the Somme : the big push	p. 235
The Battles of Cambrai and final push	p. 250
Monuments, memorials, mementoes	p. 254
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