Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great WarBuchan, John
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Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War
Buchan, John
World War, 1914-1918
Produced by Al Haines.
*DAYS TO REMEMBER*
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN
THE GREAT WAR
BY
JOHN BUCHAN
AND
HENRY NEWBOLT
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO, AND PARIS
First Impression 1922
Second Impression 1923
Third Impression 1925
Fourth Impression 1925
Fifth Impression 1928
Sixth Impression 1935
Seventh Impression 1937
*CONTENTS*
PART I.
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER
I. THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
II. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WAR
III. THE TURN AT THE MARNE
PART II.
IV. THE WORCESTERS AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES
V. THE CANADIANS AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
VI. THE TAKING OF LOOS
VII. DELVILLE WOOD
VIII. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES
IX. THE TANKS AT CAMBRAI
X. THE SOUTH AFRICANS AT MARRIÈRES WOOD
XI. THE BATTLE OF THE LYS
XII. THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE
XIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
XIV. THE AUSTRALIANS AT MONT ST. QUENTIN
XV. THE LAST BATTLE
PART III.
THE "SIDE SHOWS".
XVI. THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI
XVII. THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI (continued)
XVIII. THE DEPARTURE FROM GALLIPOLI
XIX. THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM
XX. ALLENBY’S GREAT DRIVE
PART IV.
THE SILENT SERVICE.
XXI. THE SILENT SERVICE
XXII. CORONEL
XXIII. THE FALKLANDS
XXIV. MYSTERY SHIPS
XXV. JUTLAND
XXVI. THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE
XXVII. THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE (continued)
XXVIII. THE MERCANTILE MARINE AND FISHING FLEETS
XXIX. ZEEBRUGGE
PART V.
BEHIND THE LINES.
XXX. BEHIND THE LINES AND AT HOME
PART VI.
VICTORY.
XXXI. THE LAST DAY
XXXII. LOOKING BACKWARD
*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS*
PORTRAITS.
Field-Marshal Sir John French (Earl of Ypres)
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde)
Marshal Foch
Field-Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby (Viscount Allenby of Megiddo)
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa)
Admiral Sir David Beatty (Earl Beatty of the North Sea)
Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener
MAPS.
The Critical Day in the First Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres
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