The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Western Front The Hundred Days
The Battle of The Selle. Fourth Army Operations on the Western Front in the Hundred Days, 9 - 24 October 1918
ISBN
9781911512639
Purchase Price
£12.99 (new)
Date Purchased
July 15, 2018
Publisher
Helion & Company (2017, Solihull, West Midlands)
Notes
This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions during the Hundred Days. Between 9th and 24th October, the British Fourth Army drove elements of two German Armies back from the Hindenburg Support Line in the "Pursuit to the Selle", and then drove in the flank of the German Second Army towards the Sambre-Oise Canal. Enemy resistance was strong and effective, Fourth Army suffered its worst intelligence failure of the war, and artillery, air power and armour were unable to support the infantry effectively; so it was largely the infantry that obtained this victory. The book is well written, and as always for a Helion book, beautifully produced. There are 15 very professional maps sitting in the middle of this book.
9781911512639
Purchase Price
£12.99 (new)
Date Purchased
July 15, 2018
Publisher
Helion & Company (2017, Solihull, West Midlands)
Notes
This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions during the Hundred Days. Between 9th and 24th October, the British Fourth Army drove elements of two German Armies back from the Hindenburg Support Line in the "Pursuit to the Selle", and then drove in the flank of the German Second Army towards the Sambre-Oise Canal. Enemy resistance was strong and effective, Fourth Army suffered its worst intelligence failure of the war, and artillery, air power and armour were unable to support the infantry effectively; so it was largely the infantry that obtained this victory. The book is well written, and as always for a Helion book, beautifully produced. There are 15 very professional maps sitting in the middle of this book.