Gentlemen, We Will Stand and Fight - Le Cateau 1914

At Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, the commanders of the Second Corps of the British Expeditionary Force elected to fight the German First Army and, although outnumbered three to one, delivered a smashing blow to the German. Although the British suffered 1,200 of their men and officers killed they inflicted losses on von Kluck's army of nearly 9,000. Yet the architect of this feat of arms, Second Corps commander Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, was sacked soon afterward, while First Corps commander Sir Douglas Haig, who had performed far less impressively, took command of the whole BEF. Antony Bird describes the battle, its aftermath and he examines the men, the weapons and the tactics that made this feat of arms possible.

About the author

Antony Bird has an MPhil from University College London. With his brother Nick Bird, he regularly conducts tours of the battlefields of the Western Front and Gallipoli. In 2006 Antony and Nick Bird were the co-editors of Eyewitness to War, their personal collection of the most vivid and eloquent writing on war. Resident - Chichester

Summary

Antony Bird describes the battle, its aftermath and he examines the men, the weapons and the tactics that made this feat of arms possible.

Product details

• Authors: Antony Bird, Bird Antony
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9781847970626
• ISBN: 978-1-84797-062-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 31 black & white photographs 7 maps, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, Battles & campaigns, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I