
From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917
by Philip Gibbs
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From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917: The writing of British journalist, Philip Gibbs, is eloquent and magnificently descriptive. by Philip Gibbs : From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 is a collection of war dispatches and reports by British journalist Philip Gibbs. The book provides firsthand accounts of the battles and events that took place on the Western Front during World War I. Gibbs's eloquent writing and vivid descriptions capture the realities of war and the experiences of soldiers, offering readers a poignant and insightful narrative. Key Aspects of the Book "From Bapaume to Passchenda...
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- FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE
- FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE
- PHILIP GIBBS
- CONTENTS
- FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I RETREAT FROM THE SOMME
- I A NEW YEAR OF WAR
- II AN ATTACK NEAR LE TRANSLOY
- III THE ABANDONMENT OF GRANDCOURT
- IV THE GORDONS IN THE BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT
- V THE BATTLE OF BOOM RAVINE
- VI THE ENEMY WITHDRAWS
- VII OUR ENTRY INTO GOMMECOURT
- VIII WHY THE ENEMY WITHDREW
- IX THE AUSTRALIANS ENTER BAPAUME
- X THE RESCUE OF PÉRONNE
- PART II ON THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY
- I THE MAKING OF NO MAN'S LAND
- II THE LETTER OF THE LAW
- III THE ABANDONED COUNTRY
- IV THE CURÉ OF VOYENNES
- V THE CHÂTEAU OF LIANCOURT
- VI THE OLD WOMEN OF TINCOURT
- VII THE AGONY OF WAR
- VIII CAVALRY IN ACTION
- PART III THE BATTLE OF ARRAS
- I ARRAS AND THE VIMY RIDGE
- II LONDONERS THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES
- III THE STRUGGLE ROUND MONCHY
- IV THE OTHER SIDE OF VIMY
- V THE WAY TO LENS
- VI THE SLAUGHTER AT LAGNICOURT
- VII THE TERRORS OF THE SCARPE
- VIII THE BACKGROUND OF BATTLE
- IX HOW THE SCOTS TOOK GUÉMAPPE
- X THE OPPY LINE
- XI THE BATTLE OF MAY 3
- XII FIELDS OF GOLD
- PART IV THE BATTLE OF MESSINES
- I WYTSCHAETE AND MESSINES
- II THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY
- III AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
- IV THE EFFECT OF THE BLOW
- V LOOKING BACKWARD
- VI THE AUSTRALIANS AT MESSINES
- VII A BATTLE IN A THUNDER-STORM
- VIII THE TRAGEDY AT LOMBARTZYDE
- IX THE STRUGGLE FOR HELL WOOD
- PART V THE BATTLES OF FLANDERS
- I BREAKING THE SALIENT
- II FROM PILKEM RIDGE TO HOLLEBEKE
- III THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINS
- IV PILL-BOXES AND MACHINE-GUNS
- V THE SONG OF THE COCKCHAFERS
- VI WOODS OF ILL-FAME
- VII THE BATTLE OF LANGEMARCK
- VIII CAPTURE OF HILL SEVENTY
- IX LONDONERS IN GLENCORSE WOOD
- X SOMERSETS AT LANGEMARCK
- XI THE IRISH IN THE SWAMPS
- XII THE WAY THROUGH GLENCORSE WOOD
- XIII THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE OF LENS
- XIV THE AGONY OF ARMENTIÈRES
- XV THE BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD
- XVI THE WAY TO PASSCHENDAELE
- XVII THE BATTLE OF POLYGON WOOD
- XVIII ABRAHAM HEIGHTS AND BEYOND
- XIX SCENES OF BATTLE
- XX THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND
- XXI THE ASSAULTS ON PASSCHENDAELE
- XXII ROUND POELCAPPELLE
- XXIII THE CANADIANS COME NORTH
- XXIV LONDON MEN AND ARTISTS
- XXV THE CAPTURE OF PASSCHENDAELE
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