Illustrated Michelin Guides To the Battle-fields (1914-1918), by MICHELIN & Cie.
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About this eBook
- Title
- The Somme, Volume 2. The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) (Amiens, Montdidier, Compiègne)
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- Somme, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53762
- Release Date
- December 18, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ILLUSTRATED MICHELIN GUIDES TO THE BATTLE-FIELDS (1914-1918)
- 2.HOTELS
- 3.THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME. — THE BATTLEFIELD. — General View of the Second Battle of the Somme (1918). The German Offensive: Formation of the Montdidier Pocket(March 21-April 24.)
- 4.THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF MARCH 21. — The German Strategy and Tactics.
- 5.THE BATTLE. — THE DISRUPTION OF THE BRITISH FRONT. — THE INTERVENTION OF THE FRENCH. — THE BATTLE OF DISRUPTION. — Crossing the Water-line of the Crozat Canal, Somme and Tortille (March 23-24). — The Fall of Noyon and the Fighting on the old Battlefield of the Somme. — The Push towards Montdidier and Fall of Roye. The Push towards Amiens and Fall of Albert. — Allied Unity of Command. — The Fall of Montdidier. The Growing Resistance on the Wings. — The Battle for Amiens. The Allies consolidate their front and counter-attack. — The General Attack at the bottom of the Pocket and the holding of the German Advance. — The Results of the German Offensive of March 21. — The Trench Warfare Period. — The Attack of April 24 on Villers-Bretonneux. — Ludendorff's Opinion.
- 6.THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVES IN PICARDY. August-September 1918. — The Strategy and Tactics of the Allies.
- 7.I.—THE ATTACK ON THE SALIENT OF ALBERT-MONTDIDIER-LASSIGNY. August 8-13, 1918. — The Front Line and the Opposing Forces. — The Franco-British Attack of August 8, 1918. — From August 9 to 12. — The French Manœuvre. Liberating Montdidier.
- 8.II.—THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE NORTH OF THE SOMME AND THE FRENCH OFFENSIVE BETWEEN THE OISE AND AISNE. August 18-29.
- 9.III.—THE OFFENSIVES ON THE SCARPE AND AILETTE. August 25-September 8, 1918.
- 10.IV.—THE OFFENSIVES AGAINST THE OUTWORKS OF THE HINDENBURG LINE. September 10-25.
- 11.FROM AMIENS TO COMPIÈGNE — AMIENS TO COMPIÈGNE See route-map, p. 57. — From Villers-Bretonneux to Moreuil, via Demuin, Hill 104, Mézières and Villers-aux-Érables. — The Battle of 1870. — The Battles of 1918. — Hill 104. — Moreuil. — From Moreuil to Montdidier, via Mailly-Raineval, Grivesnes and Cantigny. Mailly-Raineval and Hill 103 — Ailly-sur-Noye. — Folleville. — Grivesnes.
- 12.MONTDIDIER — MONTDIDIER IN 1918. — The German offensive—March 27. — The Enemy's Advance held. — March 28. — March 29. — March 30. — The Liberation on Montdidier. ( August 8-10, 1918. ). — A VISIT TO MONTDIDIER. — From Montdidier to Cuvilly, via Assainvillers, Piennes, Rollot, Boulogne-la-Grasse, Conchy-les-Pots and Orvillers-Sorel . — Piennes. — Boulogne-la-Grasse. — Belloy Plateau. — From Belloy Plateau to Compiègne, via Ressons-sur-Matz, Marquéglise, Margny-sur-Matz, Élincourt-St. Marguerite, Marest-sur-Matz, Coudun and Bienville.
- 13.ALPHABETICAL INDEX of the places mentioned in this Guide. — MICHELIN DURING THE WAR
- 14.THE Michelin TOURING OFFICE
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