The Battle of the Selle: Fourth Army Operations on the Western Front in the Hundred Days 9-24 October 1918

by Peter Hodgkinson

Book Overview

This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions of the victorious Hundred Days of 1918: the operations at the River Selle. Between 9-24 October, the British Fourth Army drove elements of two German armies back from the Hindenburg support line in the 'Pursuit to the Selle' (9-11 October); prepared and fought the set-piece Battle of the Selle (17-18 October); and then drove in the flank of the German Second Army towards the Sambre-Oise Canal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804510483
• ISBN13: 9781804510483
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"