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In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year. Using gas, British troops managed to open a three mile gap in the German line. However, misuse of the reserves allowed the chance of success to pass by. In the following struggle for Hohenzollern Redboubt, the British were defeated time after time by superior weapons and tactics. For the first time visitors will be able to explore this key battle, a battle that cost the BEF over 50,000 casualties.
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This review is from: Loos 1915: The Northern Battle and Hohenzollern Redoubt (Battleground Europe) (Paperback)
Monday week, 26th Sept 2011, is the 96th anniversary of the battle of Loos. I've just last week been on a 3 day tour of the scene of the battle, lead and presented by a senior member of The International Guild of Battlefield Guides [I'm a ranker in the Guild myself]. I had not read anything on Loos before and chose to read this book before leaving for France.
The battle of Loos was a chaotic affair. The ground over which it was fought was much smaller in extent than battles like the Somme or Ypres III. This did not result in any less complication of strategy and tactics. In fact, because French decided to impose on Haigh the introduction of battalions of Kitchener's Army in most unsuitable circumstances, the events that followed means that a description of the battle becomes extremely confusing, mirroring the confusion of the troops in action. This book is eminently useful in introducing the reader to the battle of Loos. There are good maps and diagrams, the text is clearly written and the events described in a sensibly ordered manner, given the mess and muddle on the ground. I have to admit that my head was spinning by the time I finished and I wrote to the leader of our trip to tell him I was glad he was presenting the tour, not me. But the battle of Loos was an important one and this book deserves a place on any bookshelf dedicated to the Great War.
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