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10. www.1914.net/logistics/loc.htm.
11. Ian Malcolm Brown, British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914-1919 (Praeger, CT, I998), p. 56.
12. 'The Logistics of the BEF, August to September 1914' by Roger G. Miller, Military Affairs Journal, University of Indiana, October 1979, p. 134.
13. 'The Supply of Ammunition and Motor Transport' by Major H. de Pree, RFA, RUSI Journal, August 1912, p. 1,154.
14. ibid., p. 1, 154.
15. PRO Files, WO 339/1440I, p. 5.
16. ibid., p. 7.
17. ibid., p. 7.
18. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 149.
19. Miller, 'the Logistics of the BEF'.
20. PRO Files, WO 339/1440I, p. 6.
21. ibid., p. 8.
22. From Private to Field Marshal by Sir William Robertson (London, 1921), p. 205.
23. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, pp. 30-31.
Chapter 5: The BEF Advances, 9-22 August 1914
1. .British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 39.
2. Tuchman, August 1914, pp. 308-309.
3. ibid., p. 173.
4. Old Soldiers Never Die by Frank Richards (London, 1933), p. 11.
5. The Life of Field Marshal Sir John French by Major The Hon. Gerald French (London, 1931), p. 204.
6. John Hussey, letter to the author, 1997.
7. Verdun: The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne (London, 1964), p. 29
8. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 442.
9. 1914 by Field Marshal Sir John French (London, 1919), p. 36.
10. ibid., p. 37.
11. Liaison 1914, by E. L. Spears (London, 1930), p. 75.
12. Tuchman, August 1914, p. 238.
13. ibid., p. 239.
14. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 48.
Chapter 6: the Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 63.
2. Spears, Liaison 1914, p. 73.
3. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 59.
4. ibid., p. 60.
5. ibid., p. 60.
6. French and German accounts habitually refer to the BEF as 'the English Army' and its soldiers as 'the English’.
7. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 166.
8. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 68.
9. ibid., p. 70.
10. Feldienstordnung, 1906, paras 265-327, supplied to the author by John Hussey.
11. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 82.
12. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 167.
13. ibid., p. 167.
Chapter 7: The Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 86.
2. French, 1914, p. 70.
3. Quoted in the British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 92.
4. ibid., p. 93.
5. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 19.
6. French, 1914, p. 71.
7. Smith-Dorrien, Memories of 45 Years' Service, p. 392.
8. See Tuchman, August 1914, p. 272.
9. Smith-Dorrien, Memories of 45 Years' Service, p. 396.
10. ibid., p. 398.
11.Quoted in Terraine, Mons, p. 139.
12. Charteris, At GHQ (London, 1931), p. 78.
13. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 135.
14. Smith-Dorrien, Memories of 45 Years' Service, p. 401.
15. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 169.
16. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 141.
17. Terraine, Mons, p. 50.
18. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, pp. 162-3.
19. ibid., p. 182.
20. ibid., p. 182.
21. French, 1914, pp. 79--80.
22. FSRs Para 13, Section 12, Part I.
23. French, 1914, p. 82.
Chapter 8: The Retreat to the Marne, 27 August-5 September 1914
1. Smith-Dorrien, Memories of 45 Years' Service, p. 414.
2. British Official History, 1916, Vol. I, p. 83.
3. ibid, notes, p. 244
4. ibid., p. 224.
5. ibid., p. 209.
6. ibid., pp. 208-12.
7. Spears, Liaison, 1914, p. 267.
8. ibid., p. 267.
9. ibid., p. 266.
10. Tuchman, August 1914, p. 366.
11. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I. p. 232.
12. ibid., p. 241.
13. ibid., p. 261.
14. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 173.
15. French, 1914, pp. 94-5.
Chapter 9: From the Marne to the Aisne, 5-12 September 1914
1. French, 1914, p. 91.
2. ibid., p. 92.
3. ibid., p. 92.
4. ibid., p. 93.
5. ibid., p. 94.
6. ibid., p. 98.
7. Steel helmets were not issued to the British Army until 1916.
8. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 31.
9. French, 1914, p. 95.
10. ibid., p. 95.
11. ibid., p. 100.
12. British Official History, 19I4, Vol. I. p. 245.
13. ibid., p. 245.
14. Robertson, From Private to Field Marshal, p. 244.
15. Liddell Hart, The First World War, p. 78.
16. A German report of 2 September 19`4, quoted in Liddell Hart, The First World War, pp. 33-4.
17. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 174.
18. Tuchman, August 1914, p. 416.
19. ibid., p. 421.
20. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 318.
21. ibid., p. 258.
22. ibid., p. 263.
23. ibid., p. 263.
24. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 173.
25. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I. p. 279.
26. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 23.
27. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I. p. 278.
28. ibid., p. 286.
29. ibid., p. 290.
30. ibid., p. 294.
31. ibid., p. 295.
32. Spears, Liaison, 1914, pp. 337-8.
33. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 176.
Chapter 10: On the Aisne, 13 September-2 October 1914
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I. p. 296.
2. ibid., p. 322.
3. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 27.
4. French, 1914, p. 144.
5. ibid., p. 145.
6. Robertson, From Private to Field Marshal, p. 214.
7. Bloem, Notes in British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 330.
8. ibid., p. 340.
9. ibid., p. 341.
10. ibid., p. 360.
11. French, 1914, pp. 122-3.
I2. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. I77.
13. ibid., p. I77.
14. British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, p. 465.
15. ibid., p. 367.
16. ibid., p. 373.
17. French, 1914, pp. 154-5.
18. ibid., p. 155.
19. ibid., p. 156-7.
20. ibid., p. 168.
21. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 180.
Chapter 11: The War in the North, 2-18 October 1914
1. The First World War, 1914-1918 (London, 1920).
2. ibid., p. 25.
3. ibid., p. 29.
4. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 42.
5. French, 1914, p. 177.
6. Instructions to Sir John French from Lord Kitchener, British Official History, 1914, Vol. I, Appendix 8, p. 443.
7. French, 1914, p. I77.
8. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 65.
9. ibid., p. 403.
10. This is thedate of the BEF's first engagement at La Bassée; the Official History records the La Bassée battle as lasting officially from 10 October to 2 November.
11. French, 1914, p. 210.
12. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 83.
13. Quoted in Liddell Hart, The First World War, p. 119.
14. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 85.
15. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 183.
16. ibid., p. 184.
17. ibid., p. 185.
18. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 97.
19. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 34.
20. ibid., pp. 34-5.
21. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 103.
22. ibid., p. 113.
23. ibid., p. 115.
24. ibid., p. 121.
Chapter 12: Ypres, 19-31 October 1914
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 125.
2. ibid., p. 125.
3. Letter to General Maxwell, War Office.
4. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 121.
5 French, 1914, p. 216.
6. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 183.
7. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 108.
8. ibid., p. I37.
9. French, 1914, p. 226.
10. ibid., p. 226.
11. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 157.
12. Richards, Old Soldiers Never Die, p. 46.
13. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 140.
14. ibid., p. 148.
15. Telegram to Lord Kitchener, 22 October 1914, 12.12 p.m.
16. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 165.
17. ibid., p. 173.
18. ibid., p. 175.
19. ibid., p. 178.
20. ibid., p. 253.
21. ibid., p. 259.
Chapter 13: Gheluvelt, 29-31 October 1914
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 270.
2. ibid., notes, p. 270.
3. General Dubois, quoted in British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 275
4. French, 1914, p. 242.
5. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 276.
6. ibid., p. 278.
7. ibid., p. 279.
8. French, 1914, p. 245.
9. Allen by claims that the London Scottish mustered twenty-six officers and 786 men when they entered the line and sustained 278 casualties, some 34 per cent on 31 October, adding in his report, 'rarely, if ever, have second line troops sustained unshaken so high a percentage of casualties'.
10. French, 1914, p. 238.
11. ibid., pp. 248-9.
12. ibid., p. 249.
13. Liddell Hart, The First World War, p. 127.
14. Notes, British Official History, 1914 ,Vol. II, p. 347.
15. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 185.
16. ibid., p. 186.
Chapter 14: Nonne Boschen, 1-22 November 1914
1. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 186.
2. ibid., p. 187.
3. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 349.
4. John Hussey, British Army Review, No. 109.
5. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 375.
6. Callwell, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, p. 187.
7. ibid., p. 186.
8. French, 1914, p. 270.
9. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 421.
10. ibid., p. 427.
11. ibid., p. 434.
12. ibid., p. 481.
13. ibid., p. 441.
14. ibid., p. 442.
15. ibid., p. 468.
Epilogue
1. British Official History, 1914, Vol. II, p. 467.
2. ibid., p. 468.
3. ibid., p. 465.
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