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Title: 1914
Author: John French, Viscount of Ypres
Release Date: February 6, 2008 [eBook #24538]
Language: English
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1914
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, M.P., TO WHOSE PREVISION, ENERGY AND TENACITY THE ARMY AND THE EMPIRE OWE SO MUCH.
1914
by
FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH OF YPRES, K.P., O.M., ETC.
With Maps
London Constable and Company Ltd. 1919
CONTENTS
Page PREFACE ................................................ xi
Chap.
I--PRELIMINARY ...................................... 1
II--THE BRITISH EXPE