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ОглавлениеCHAPTER II. ATTACK OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY
The Battle of Amiens, August 8-22
Great British victory—Advance of the Canadians—Of the Australians—Of the Third Corps—Hard struggle at Chipilly—American assistance— Continuance of the operations—Great importance of the battle
CHAPTER III. CONTINUATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY From August 22 to the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, September 29
Further advance of the Australians—Of the Third Corps—Capture of Albert —Advance across the old Somme battlefield—Capture of Mont St. Quentin —Splendid Australian exploit—Fall of Peronne—Début of the Yeomanry (Seventy-fourth) Division—Attack on the outliers of the Hindenburg Line —Appearance of the Ninth Corps—Eve of the Judgment
CHAPTER IV. THE ATTACK OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY
August 21, 1918, to September 29, 1918
Advance of Shute's Fifth Corps—Great feat in crossing the Ancre—Across the old battlefield—Final position of Fifth Corps opposite Hindenburg's Main Line—Advance of Haldane's Sixth Corps—Severe fighting—Arrival of the Fifty-second Division—Formation of Fergusson's Seventeenth Corps—Recapture of Havrincourt—Advance of Harper's Fourth Corps—Great tenacity of the troops—The New Zealanders and the Jaeger—Final position before the decisive battle
CHAPTER V. THE ADVANCE OF HORNE'S FIRST ARMY
From August 26 to September 27
The indefatigable Fifty-first Division—Capture of Greenland Hill—Fine advance of the Canadians—Breaking of the Drocourt-Quéant line—Fine work of the Sixty-third Naval Division—Great day for the Dominion—Demeanour of German prisoners
CHAPTER VI. THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY
From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle (October 17)
The first American operations—The rupture of the Hindenburg Line—Predicament of Twenty-seventh American Division—Their gallant resistance—Great Australian attack—Remarkable feat by the Forty-sixth North Midland Territorial Division—Exeunt the Third Corps and the Australians—Entrance of the Thirteenth Corps—Rupture of the Beaurevoir line—Advance to the Selle River
CHAPTER VII. THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY
From the Battle of the Selle, October 17, to the end
Attack upon the line of the Selle River—Stubborn work by the Second American Corps—Success of the Ninth Corps—Hard fighting at Le Cateau—Great feat of the South Africans—Continued advance—Delay-action mines—Capture of Landrecies—Dramatic exit of the German machine-gunner—Splendid work of the First Division
CHAPTER VIII. OPERATIONS OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY
From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle (October 17)
Fighting at L'Escaut Canal—Dash of the New Zealanders—The Guards in a hot corner—Crossing of the Canal—Back on the old ground—Great work by all four Corps of the Third Army
CHAPTER IX. OPERATIONS OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY
From the Battle of the Selle, October 12, to the end
The battle of the Selle River—Reversion to open warfare—The valour of Lancashire—Haig's incessant blows—Weakening of the German morale—The battle of Mormal Forest—New Zealanders and the mediaeval fortress—Capture of the great forest—The Sambre bridged—A grand Division—Advance of Fergusson's Seventeenth Corps—The last phase
CHAPTER X. THE ADVANCE OF HORNE'S FIRST ARMY
From September 27 to the end
The Canadians at the Canal du Nord—Hard fighting at Bourlon—Strong counter-attack at Abancourt—Canadian valour—Godley's Twenty-second Corps—The Ecaillon valley—Forcing of the Rhonelle—General Heneker's attack—Capture of Douai
CHAPTER XI. OPERATIONS OF THE SECOND AND FIFTH ARMIES
September 28—November 11
King Albert in the field—Great Belgo-Franco-British advance—The last act on the old stage—The prophet of 1915—Renewed advance—Germans desert the coast—Relief of Douai and Lille—The final stage in the subsidiary theatres of war
CHAPTER XII. THE END
APPENDIX
MAPS AND PLANS
1 Advance of Fourth Army, August 8, showing Gains up to August 12, and Final Position after the Fall of Peronne.
2 Position of British Corps, end of September 1918.
3 Advance of First, Third, and Fourth British Armies from August 21, 1918, to September 2, 1918. Arrows point to the Rupture of the Quéant-Drocourt Line.
4 The Attack on the Selle
5 General Position of the Allies immediately before the Armistice of November 11, 1918
6 Allied Advance in the North
