LEADER 03380oam 2200565I 450 001 9910154982503321 005 20240505161651.0 010 $a1-351-95470-9 010 $a1-138-27046-6 010 $a1-315-26132-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315261324 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758293 035 $a(OCoLC)973027578 035 $a(BIP)63368849 035 $a(BIP)34159442 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965841 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBritish artillery on the Western Front in the First World War $e"the infantry cannot do with a gun less" /$fSanders Marble 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) 225 1 $aAshgate Studies in First World War History 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-4094-1110-9 311 08$a1-351-95471-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The legacy of the Boer War -- 3. 1914 : the test of battle -- 4. 1915 : new ideas and material scarcity -- 5. 1916 : the Materielschlacht begins -- 6. 1917: an apogee of destruction -- 7. 1918 : power and finesse -- 8. Conclusion. 330 $aIn the popular imagination, the battle fields of the Western Front were dominated by the machine gun. Yet soldiers at the time were clear that artillery - not machine guns - dictated the nature, tactics and strategy of the conflict. Only in the last months of the war when the Allies had amassed sufficient numbers of artillery and learned how to use it in an integrated and coherent manner was the stalemate broken and war ended. In this lucid and prize-winning study, the steady development of artillery, and the growing realisation of its primacy within the British Expeditionary Force is charted and analysed. Through an examination of British and Dominion forces operating on the Western Front, the book looks at how tactical and operational changes affected the overall strategy. Chapters cover the role of artillery in supporting infantry attacks, counter-battery work, artillery in defence, training and command and staff arrangements. In line with the 'learning curve' thesis, the work concludes that despite many setbacks and missed opportunities, by 1918 the Royal Artillery had developed effective and coordinated tactics to overcome the defensive advantages of trench warfare that had mired the Western Front in bloody stalemate for the previous three years. 410 0$aAshgate studies in First World War history. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, British 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zWestern Front 606 $aArtillery drill and tactics$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xArtillery operations, British. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns 615 0$aArtillery drill and tactics$xHistory 676 $a940.4/144 700 $aMarble$b Sanders.$0874358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154982503321 996 $aBritish artillery on the Western Front in the First World War$92223929 997 $aUNINA