History / History & Prediction -Military / The Old Contemptibles. The British Expeditionary Force, 1914 by Robin Neillands

• Book Title: The Old Contemptibles. The British Expeditionary Force, 1914
• Author: Robin Neillands
• ISBN: 0719556465
• Publisher: John Murray
• Year Published: 2004
• Our Price: £19.80 GBP ($33.66 USD)
• Description: John Murray 2004: hardcover in dust jacket: 362 pages: black and white photographic illustrations.Synopsis: A history of the British Expeditionary Force from its conception some years before the First World War when the creation of the German Empire necessitated Great Britain's alliance with its continental neighbours; the Entente Cordiale of 1904; the long secret negotiations between British and French staffs; the actions of the Francophile officer, Brigadier -General Henry Wilson; and the Road to War culminating in August 1940 when the British Expeditionary Force arrived in France and began four months of hard campaigning that started at Mons and ended with its final destruction at the battle of First Ypres. First-hand accounts and military history used by the author Robin Neillands in a graphic account. Contents: -- illustrations, acknowledgements, maps, introduction. 1) The continent goes to War, 1871 -- 1914. 2) The British go to war, 1898 -- 1914. 3) Wilson at the War office, 1910 -- 1914 4)Mobilisation, transport and logistics, 1911 -- 1914. 5) The BEF advances, 9 -- 22 August 1914. 6) The battle of Mons, 23 August 1914. 7)The battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914. 8) The retreat to the Marne, 27 August -- 5 September 1914. 9) From the Marne to the Aisne , 5 -- 12 September 1914.10) On the Aisne, 13 September -- 2 October 1914. 11) The war in the North, 2-18 October 1914. 12) Ypres, 19 -- 31 October 1914. 13) Gheluvelt, 29 -- 31 October 1914. Nonne -Boschen, 1 -- 22 November 1914. Epilogue Condition : dust jacket, cover and contents very clean and good overall/almost as new.
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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