YPRES 1914

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163206903321
• Autore: Schwink Otto
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-78289-214-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (88 pages)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS -- THE ADVANCE OF THE FOURTH ARMY -- THE OPERATIONS OF THE FOURTH ARMY FROM 20TH OCTOBER TO 31ST OCTOBER 1914 -- THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH SOUTH OF YPRES -- THE OPERATIONS OF THE FOURTH ARMY FROM THE END OF OCTOBER TO THE 9TH NOVEMBER 1914 -- THE LAST PHASE -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE FOURTH ARMY from 10th Oct. 1914 to 16th Nov. 1914. -- ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE ARMY GROUP FABECK from 27th Oct. 1914 to 20th Nov. 1914. -- ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE GROUP GEROK -- ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE ARMY GROUP LINSINGEN from 8th Nov. 1914 to 18th Nov. 1914.
• Sommario/riassunto: "An official German account, written close to the action, of the early Great War battles of the Yser and first Ypres in the autumn of 1914. Interesting revelation of German attitudes to the two battles that stopped their steamroller advance through Flanders.The full title of this book is "The Battle of the Yser and of Ypres in the Autumn 1914" and it gives equal coverage to both. It was written by a Captain Otto Schwink, a General Staff Officer, in 1917 - too close in time to the operations it describes to have permitted proper research and so provide a more objective account. It was intended primarily for public consumption and was how the German General Staff wished the campaign to be seen. Nevertheless, it is interesting to read the other side's point of view and ; balance is to some extent restored by the series of footnotes provided throughout the narrative by our own Historical Section (Military Branch)."--N&M Press Reprint