St. Julien

by Keech, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780850528398
• ISBN10: 0850528399
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

The book will review the situation on the Western Front following the close of the First Battle of Ypres on Normandy 1914, together with the plans of the British and French Commanders-in-Chief for continuation of the war in 1915. It will narrate the events that followed the attack by the Germans on the 22nd of April, when asphyxiating gas was first used a weapon of war. It will then cover events involving British, French and Canadian troops up to the British withdrawal in early May.

Table of Contents

Introduction by the Series Editor	6	(2)
Author's Introduction	8	(2)
Acknowledgements	10	(2)
Advice to Travellers	12	(4)
List of Maps	16	(1)
Autuman 1914 -- Spring 1915	17	(13)
The First Gas Attack	30	(27)
The Second Gas Attack	57	(28)
Reorganisation and Withdrawal	85	(10)
Recipients of the Victoria Cross	95	(10)
Battlefield Tours	105	(20)
Appendix 1	125	(2)
Appendix 2	127	(1)
Appendix 3	128	(3)
Appendix 4	131	(3)
Appendix 5	134	(3)
Appendix 6	137	(4)
Further Reading	141	(1)
Selective Index	142