The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1916 . 49I> LA BOISSELLE. ,.Conlialtnaison. v Hardicourt. Maricourt. BRITISH BATTLE LINEJuly 1st 1916. »J 36 THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN, 1916 Chapter divisions, or about 30,000 infantry, to the numbers • quoted It had taken months to get the troops into position, onhe to accumulate the guns, and to make the enormoussomme. preparations which such a battle must entail. Howgigantic and how minute these are can only be appre-ciated by those who are acquainted w^ith the work ofthe staffs. As to the Chief Staff of all, if a civiHanmay express an op
The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1916 . 49I> LA BOISSELLE. ,.Conlialtnaison. v Hardicourt. Maricourt. BRITISH BATTLE LINEJuly 1st 1916. »J 36 THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN, 1916 Chapter divisions, or about 30,000 infantry, to the numbers • quoted It had taken months to get the troops into position, onhe to accumulate the guns, and to make the enormoussomme. preparations which such a battle must entail. Howgigantic and how minute these are can only be appre-ciated by those who are acquainted w^ith the work ofthe staffs. As to the Chief Staff of all, if a civiHanmay express an opinion upon so technical a matter, nopraise seems to be too high for General Kiggell and theothers under the immediate direction of Sir DouglasHaig, who had successively shown himself to be a greatCorps General, a great Army leader, and now a greatGeneral-in-Chief. The preparations were enormousand meticulous, yet everything ran like a well-oiledpiston-rod. Every operation of the attack was prac-tised on similar ground behind the lines. Newrailheads were made, huge sidings constructed,and great dumps accumulated. The corps anddivisional staff
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