France and Belgium 1918. Vol IV. 8th August – 26th September. The Franco-British Offensive. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
This volume opens with “the black day of the German Army”, 8th August, the Battle of Amiens, the beginning of the last hundred days, and takes the story up to 26 September when the British Armies were lined up opposite the main Hindenburg position. It includes the preparations for Fourth Army’s assault at Amiens; the entry of First and Third Armies into the battle on 21 August; the Australian Corps’ amazing feat of arms in the capture of Mont St Quentin and that of the Canadian Corps in the breaking of the Drocourt-Queant Line. Second and Fifth Armies’ advance in Northern France and Flanders is also covered. This was a period of steady advance and relentless pressure on the German Army.
We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR – FRANCE AND BELGIUM series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper. This official history was the grandest ever produced in Britain, and its purpose was to provide “within reasonable compass an authoritative account, suitable for general readers and for students at military schools”. Due to the number of full-colour maps bound in each volume, previous attempts to reprint this valuable reference either floundered, or were produced with the maps in monochrome. At last, the acclaimed work of the official cartographers who had 90,000 maps at their command can be examined as they intended – in full colour.
| Author/Editor | by Brig-Gen Sir JE Edmonds. |
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| Product Code | 28305 |
| Delivery | Usually despatched within 2-5 Days |
| Format | 2021 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1947). SB. xxv + 623 pp with with two endpapers and 30 sketch maps. in full colour |
| ISBN | 9781783316236 |
