THE BRITISH FRONT in FRANCE and FLANDERS
THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN
IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS
JULY TO NOVEMBER
1918
BY
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
AUTHOR OF
'THE GREAT BOER WAR,' ETC.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S
HISTORY OF THE WAR
Uniform with this Volume.
THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE
AND FLANDERS
VOL. I—1914
THE BREAKING OF THE PEACE.
THE OPENING OF THE WAR.
THE BATTLE OF MONS.
THE BATTLE OF LE GATEAU.
THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE.
THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE.
THE LA BASSÉE-ARMENTIÈRES OPERATIONS.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES.
A RETROSPECT AND GENERAL SUMMARY.
THE WINTER LULL OF 1914.
VOL II.—1915
THE OPENING MONTHS OF 1915.
NEUVE CHAPELLE AND HILL 60.
THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES.
THE BATTLE OF RICHEBOURG-FESTUBERT.
THE TRENCHES OF HOOGE.
THE BATTLE OF LOOS.
VOL III.—1916
JANUARY TO JULY 1916.
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
THE BATTLE OF THE ANCRE.
VOL IV—1917
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS.
THE BATTLE OF MESSINES.
THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES.
THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI.
VOL. V—1918
THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
THE SOMME FRONT FROM APRIL 1 ONWARDS.
THE BATTLE OF THE LYS.
THE BATTLES OF THE CHEMIN DES DAMES AND
OF THE ARDRES.
With Maps, Plans, and Diagrams
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON, NEW YORK, AND TORONTO
CONTENTS
THE OPENING OPERATIONS
From July 1 to August 8, 1918
The general position—German attack of July 16—French counter-attackof July 18—Turn of the tide—Fifty-first and Sixty-secondDivisions on the Ardres—Desperate fighting—The Fifteenth ScotsDivision at Buzancy—Le Glorieux Chardon d'Écosse—Nicholson'sThirty-fourth Division at Oulchy-le-Château—The campaigns onthe periphery
ATTACK OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY
The Battle of Amiens, August 8-22
Great British victory—Advance of the Canadians—Of theAustralians—Of the Third Corps—Hard struggle at Chipilly—Americanassistance—Continuance of the operations—Great importance ofthe battle
CONTINUATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S
FOURTH ARMY
From August 22 to the Battle of the Hindenburg