The Battle of Neuve ChapelleNeuve Chapelle a lost battlefield is now opened up for the explorer to learn more about the actions that took place there. In Early 1915, the British decided to take the offensive for the first time in the war against German positions in Northern France. The initial objective was a bulge, about one mile across, in their lines at Neuve. Events which took place here early in 1915 are described in detail and show why this almost forgotten battle set the course of the war. |
Contents
Series Editors Introduction | 6 |
The Plan Early Stages | 16 |
The Capture of Neuve Chapelle | 26 |
Copyright | |
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1/39th Garhwal Rifles 1/Seaforth 12 March 2/Middlesex 2/Rifle Brigade 2/Royal 2/Scottish Rifles 2/West Yorks 24 Brigade 8th Division advance Armentières Army artillery assault attack barbed wire barrage Bassée battalions batteries Battle of Neuve battlefield BATTLEGROUND EUROPE Bois du Biez bombardment bombs Brigadier-General British Captain captured casualties Company defended Dehra Dun Dehra Dun Brigade enemy Estaires fighting fire flank front line Garhwal Brigade Garhwal Rifles German lines German trenches graves guns Gurkhas Haig Haig's Indian Corps infantry James Willcocks killed Laventie Layes Bridge Layes Brook Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lorgies machine-gun Mauquissart Meerut Division miles Military Cemetery Moated Grange Moulin Nameless Cottages Neuve Chapelle Nigel Cave officer Orchard orders Pietre Port Arthur position Quadrilateral Rawlinson Regiment reinforcements ROBERT MALLEVAY Royal Flying Corps Royal Irish Rifles Rue du Bois shells shot Signpost Lane soldiers Somme strong-point troops Victoria Cross village Western Front Willcocks wood wounded yards Ypres