Battle Story: Loos 1915

Download or read book Battle Story: Loos 1915 written by Peter Doyle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Loos saw a change in Allied strategy, which up until then had been a series of small-scale assaults that achieved little or no ground gained. Loos was to be different, Kitchener’s Army was deployed in strength for the first time and an ambitious plan aimed to take ground over a 20-mile front.As the fog of war descended the first day’s gains were lost over subsequent days’ fighting and in the end the ‘Big Push’ saw little achieved with Allied losses of about 50,000 men.Through quotes and maps the text explores the unfolding action of the battle and puts the reader on the frontline. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.