An excellent and painstakingly well researched record
that
will be a book of reference as long as interest in this devastating war
continues.
SOLDIER
WITH 64 EXTRA PAGES
Published May 2006
From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne: all the major battlefields of the First World War - Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St Quentin, Mons, Le Cateau, Reims, Verdun and St Mihiel - are criss-crossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Every significant feature is described in detail. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years. Since her death in 1991, After the Battle's Editor, Karel Margry, has travelled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as well as re-photographing every memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavour of Rose's original concept . . . before endeavours fade.
SIZE 12" × 8½"
240 PAGES
OVER 850
ILLUSTRATIONS
SOFT COVER ISBN 1 870067 62 2
£19.95
CODE F001
HARD COVER ISBN 1 870067 63 0 — SORRY,
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CODE F002
Introduction by the Author
About this book
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Demarcation Stones
The Poppy Legend
Battlefield Debris
CALAIS-YPRES Route I via Bergues
CALAIS-YPRES Route II via Cassel
CALAIS-YPRES Route III via St Omer
ZEEBRUGGE-YPRES The Yser Battlefield - Battles of the Ypres Salient 1914-1918
Summary
YPRES
YPRES YPRES SALIENT BATTLEFIELD TOUR
Route I The Northern Sector
Route II The North-eastern Sector
Route III The Eastern Sector
Route IV The South-eastern Sector
Route V The Rear Areas
THE ROAD SOUTH
ARRAS THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME ARRAS-CAMBRAI
Route I via Monchy-le-Preux ARRAS-CAMBRAI
Route II via Bullecourt
FIVE ROUTES TO MONS
MONS
MONS MONS BATTLEFIELD TOUR
MONS TO LE CATEAU
LE CATEAU LE CATEAU TO AMIENS
AMIENS TO CALAIS
Route I via Abbeville
AMIENS TO CALAIS
Route II via St Pol-sur-Ternoise
ST QUENTIN TO REIMS
The Chemin des Dames and the Champagne Battlefields
REIMS TO VERDUN
The Argonne Battlefield
VERDUN
VERDUN BATTLEFIELD TOUR
THE ST MIHIEL SALIENT
REIMS TO COMPIÈGNE
INDEX
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