Table of Contents

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 August 1914-24 February 1915: Early Days; 2 25 February 1915-30 July 1915: A Hard Apprenticeship; 3 31 July 1915-18 November 1915: Vaux; 4 19 November 1915-13 February 1916: Back to the Fold; 5 14 February 1916-30 July 1916: Wailly; 6 31 July 1916-29 September 1916: Steel Rain; 7 30 September 1916-3 July 1917: Return to the Salient; 8 4 July 1917-3 August 1917: The Battle of Pilckem Ridge; 9 4 August 1917-27 September 1917: The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge; 10 28 September 1917-6 December 1917: The Thin Khaki Line; 11 7 December 1917-8 April 1918: Givenchy-les-la Bassee; 12 9 April 1918-28 July 1918: Kaiserschlacht; 13 29 July 1918-11 November 1918: The Hard Road to Victory; Epilogue; Appendix I: Statistics; Appendix II: Battalion Roll 1914-1918; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Kevin Shannon was educated at St Edward's College, Liverpool, enlisting in the Army straight from school. His varied Army career included service in an armoured reconnaissance regiment, infantry and Intelligence. After leaving the military he studied for a degree in Liverpool and then taught history for many years. He is now a full-time writer and historian.