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With a Reservist in France A Personal Account of All the Engagements in Which the 1St Division 1St Corps Took Part, viz.: Mons (Including the Retirement), the Marne, the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, and Loos
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Title: With a Reservist in France
A Personal Account of All the Engagements in Which the 1St Division 1St Corps Took Part, viz.: Mons (Including the Retirement), the Marne, the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, and Loos
Author: F. A. Bolwell
Release Date: December 25, 2013 [eBook #44511]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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WITH A RESERVIST IN FRANCE
WITH A RESERVIST IN FRANCE
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE ENGAGEMENTS
IN WHICH THE 1ST DIVISION 1ST CORPS
TOOK PART, VIZ.: MONS (INCLUDING THE
RETIREMENT), THE MARNE, THE AISNE, FIRST
BATTLE OF YPRES, NEUVE CHAPELLE, FESTUBERT,
AND LOOS
BY
F. A. BOLWELL
WITH SIX SKETCH MAPS BY THE AUTHOR
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
TO
THE LATE COLONEL KNIGHT
AND OFFICERS OF THE LOYAL
NORTH LANCASHIRE
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CALL, AND THE START | 1 |
| II. | THE LANDING IN FRANCE | 9 |
| III. | THE RETIREMENT | 21 |
| IV. | THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE | 35 |
| V. | THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE | 45 |
| VI. | THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES | 67 |
| VII. | THE FIGHT ON THE BIPSCHOOTE-LANGEMARCK | |
| ROAD, OCTOBER 23RD, 1914 | 73 | |
| VIII. | LA BASSÉE DISTRICT | 115 |
| IX. | THE BATTLE OF FESTUBERT, MAY 9TH, 1915 | 135 |
| X. | LOOS | 147 |
LIST OF MAPS
| MAP | |||
| 1. | The Fight on the Marne, Sept. 10th, 1914 | on page | 39 |
| 2. | Battle of the Aisne, Sept. 14th, 1914 | " | 49 |
| 3. | Ypres, First Battle | " | 71 |
| 4. | Rough Sketch of the Fight on the Bipschoote-Langemarck Road | " | 77 |
| 5. | The La Bassée Front | " | 119 |
| 6. | Rough Sketch showing Attack at Loos | " | 151 |
THE CALL, AND THE START
CHAPTER I
THE CALL, AND THE START
Being a Reservist, I was naturally called to the colours on the outbreak of war between England and Germany on August 4th, 1914, so I downed tools; and, although a married man with two children, I was only too pleased to be able to