British Expeditionary Force - The Final Advance (Hardback)
September to November 1918
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pages: 218
Illustrations: 50
ISBN: 9781526723444
Published: 4th October 2018
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This is the story of the British Expeditionary Force’s part in the final days of the Advance to Victory. It starts with the massive offensive against the Hindenburg Line at the end of September 1918. Second Army launched the first of the British attacks in Flanders on the 28th, followed by Fourth Army the next day along the St Quentin Canal.
Both First and Third Armies joined in, breaking the Hindenburg Line across the Lys plain and the Artois region, taking Cambrai by 10 October. The narrative then follows the advance through the battles of the River Selle and the River Sambre. It culminates with the final operations, including the actions at Maubeuge and Mons, just before the Armistice on 11 November 1918. Time and again the British and Empire troops used well-rehearsed combined arms tactics to break down German resistance as the four year conflict came to an end.
Each stage of the six week long battle is dealt with equally, focusing on the most talked about side of the campaign, the BEF’s side. Over fifty new maps chart the day by day progress of the five armies. Together the narrative and the maps explain the British Army’s experience during the final days of the First World War. The men who led the advances, broke down the defences and those who were awarded the Victoria Cross are mentioned. Discover the end of the Advance to Victory and learn how the British Army reached the peak of their learning curve.
"Rawson has documented in incredible detail the BEF and all its units in a compact volume containing 60 maps, with an excellent index of key personnel and all Allied battalions listed. A most interesting and readable account of the last days of the Great War."
Neville Taylor - Royal United Services Institute of Victoria
This is an excellent conclusion to this long running series on the Western Front, and a compelling account of the final victorious campaign of the war.
History of War
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Each stage of the six week long battle is dealt with equally, focusing on the most talked about side of the campaign, the BEF's side. Over fifty new maps chart the day by day progress of the five armies. Together the narrative and the maps explain the British Army's experience during the final days of the First World War. The men who led the advances, broke down the defences and those who were awarded the Victoria Cross are mentioned. Discover the end of the Advance to Victory and learn how the British Army reached the peak of their learning curve.
In The Footsteps
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Over fifty new maps chart the day by day progress of the five armies. Together the narrative and the maps explain the British Army’s experience during the days of World War One. The men who led the advances, broke down the defences and those who were awarded the Victoria Cross are mentioned. Discover the end of the Advance to Victory and learn how the British Army reached the peak of their learning curve.
Books Monthly
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The author has done justice to the BEF with detailed study of the 50 mile advance to Armistice in November 1918. His clear and well presented text is very ably supported by more than 50 detailed and annotated maps of all the battles and actions. He shows the strength of British combined arms tactics that repeatedly defeated the Germans. A comprehensive and impressive study of a winning BEF.
Firetrench
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The author intertwines the contextualization of developments on the battlefield during 1918, by reminding the reader that after four months of fighting off German attacks, it was the turn of the Allies to make a counter attack... Alongside the detailed aspect of each part of the Final Advance, the author finishes with a Conclusion section, summarising the wider reasoning behind the outcome of these final months of the war, such how many of the final battles involved establishing bridgeheads across water courses.
Jon Sandison, Freelance
About Andrew Rawson
ANDREW RAWSON has over forty books to his name, including eight Pen and Sword ‘Battleground Europe’ travel books and three History Press ‘Handbook’ reference books. He has edited the minutes of the Second World War conferences and the top-secret correspondence between George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower. He books include covering Poland’s struggle in the twentieth century, Auschwitz Extermination Camp and wartime Krakow. He has also written a ten-part series on the Western Front campaigns between 1914-18. He has a master’s degree with Birmingham University’s history department.
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