Ypres: The First Battle, 1914.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: March 1, 2005 | Copyright information

Ypres: The First Battle, 1914. Ian F.W. Beckett. Longman. [pounds sterling]19.99. xx + 221 pages. ISBN 0-582-50612-3. In this first re-examination of the first Battle of Ypres since 1967, Prof. Beckett looks at the battle which marked the end of mobile fighting and resulted in the entrenched positions that dominated the Western Front for four years. While there would be two further battles of Ypres and its famous salient, the first remains the most important because of the effect it...

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