Guns at Le Cateau: Two Accounts of the B. E. F. in the First World War-The Royal Regiment of Artillery at Le Cateau, 26 August, 1914 by a

by A.F. Becke and C. De Sausmarez

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The stand of the Field Artillery, 1914

Although Europe was at peace for the first half of 1914, plans for the invasion of France by tens of thousands of German soldiers, supported by a huge resource of material and artillery, were well in place. By contrast the small standing army of Great Britain languished in its garrisons. When war broke out the B. E. F was hastened to the continent in little more than a week. That the British were not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782821856
• ISBN13: 9781782821854
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"