Byng of Vimy: General and Governor GeneralBog om britiske general Byng, der blev berømt for sin indsats under 1. Verdenskrig i højlandet Vimy Ridge cirka otte kilometer nord for Arras, og som til sidst blev forfremmet til feltmarskal. Byng startede oprindelig krigskarrieren under Boerkrigen i Sydafrika, og efter krigsudbruddet 1914 blev han chef for kavaleriet i britiske 3. armé, så der var også almindelig succés ved Cambrai, hvor de allierede introducerede brug af kampvogne. Tyske hær gik til modangreb sammesteds, og så slutter historien med det sejrrige britiske felttog ved Cambrai i efteråret 1918. |
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10th Hussars 4th Corps advance Arras arrived Arthur Currie artillery asked assault attack Bapaume battalions battle began Boers bombardment Bourlon British Byng papers Byng's Cambrai Canada Canadian Corps captured casualties Cavalry Brigade Cavalry Corps Cavalry Division corps commanders counterattack defences Diary divisional enemy Farbus Fifth Army fighting fire flank Flesquières force forward front line Gallipoli Georges Vanier German Government Governor-General ground guns Haig Havrincourt headquarters heavy Hill Hindenburg infantry Julian Julian Byng later Light Horse Lord Byng machine-gun Mackenzie King Masnières Meighen miles morning mounted moved night November offensive officers operations ordered Ottawa Parliament police position Prime Minister Regiment reserve Rideau Hall River road Royal SALH Salient shell soldiers Somme soon squadron St Quentin Canal staff success Suvla tanks Third Army told took trenches troops Vanier village Vimy Ridge withdrawal yards Ypres Zandvoorde