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In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an attempt to take the fight into Flanders, so they could fight across open ground. History tells us that this was not to be the case. David Lomas chronicles the first of the trench-warfare battles, where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established. Although the Germans failed to reach the channel ports, the death knell had rung for the BEF, which was virtually wiped out in this brave defence.
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Pat Ridings
reviewed First Ypres 1914: The Graveyard of the Old Contemptibles on August 05, 2020 First Ypres 1914
Amazing book with beautiful artwork, Ed Dovey is a master of his craft. The book is a thorough look at the First Battle of Ypres and especially the British vs the Germans and as the name suggests it is about the end of the old Victorian Style British Army (Imperial Police Force as Author Lomas quotes brilliantly from Kipling) and the foreshadowing of the conscript army that would come to dominate the British Army in '15 to '19. I feel that Lomas captured this last remnants of the old, 1890 to 1913 style of warfare, of a fast mobile war of short battles and cavalry which was replaced by artillery and months' long slogs in mucky trenches. Also the last chapter of the book has a good section on it for using Ypres as a setting for a wargame of miniatures.
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