Chapter I: Front Matter

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FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE

FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE

1917

BY

PHILIP GIBBS

AUTHOR OF

"THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME," "THE SOUL OF THE WAR," ETC.

_WITH MAPS_

TORONTO

WILLIAM BRIGGS

1918

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE COMPLETE PRESS WEST NORWOOD ENGLAND

CONTENTS

CHAP Page

INTRODUCTION 1

PART I
RETREAT FROM THE SOMME

I. A NEW YEAR OF WAR 23
II. AN ATTACK NEAR LE TRANSLOY 28
III. THE ABANDONMENT OF GRANDCOURT 31
IV. THE GORDONS IN THE BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT 33
V. THE BATTLE OF BOOM RAVINE 36
VI. THE ENEMY WITHDRAWS 38
VII. OUR ENTRY INTO GOMMECOURT 39
VIII. WHY THE ENEMY WITHDREW 44
IX. THE AUSTRALIANS ENTER BAPAUME 49
X. THE RESCUE OF PERONNE 55

PART II
ON THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY

I. THE MAKING OF NO MAN'S LAND 60
II. THE LETTER OF THE LAW 63
III. THE ABANDONED COUNTRY 66
IV. THE CURE OF VOYENNES 70
V. THE CHATEAU OF LIANCOURT 73
VI. THE OLD WOMEN OF TINCOURT 77
VII. THE AGONY OF WAR 79
VIII. CAVALRY IN ACTION 83

PART III
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS

I. ARRAS AND THE VIMY RIDGE 87
II. LONDONERS THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES 96
III. THE STRUGGLE ROUND MONCHY 99
IV. THE OTHER SIDE OF VIMY 108
V. THE WAY TO LENS 113
VI. THE SLAUGHTER AT LAGNICOURT 124
VII. THE TERRORS OF THE SCARPE 125
VIII. THE BACKGROUND OF BATTLE 133
IX. HOW THE SCOTS TOOK GUEMAPPE 137
X. THE OPPY LINE 139
XI. THE BATTLE OF MAY 3 142
XII. FIELDS OF GOLD 148

PART IV
THE BATTLE OF MESSINES

I. WYTSCHAETE AND MESSINES 152
II. THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY 159
III. AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 164
IV. THE EFFECT OF THE BLOW 172
V. LOOKING BACKWARD 176
VI. THE AUSTRALIANS AT MESSINES 180
VII. A BATTLE IN A THUNDER-STORM 183
VIII. THE TRAGEDY AT LOMBARTZYDE 186
IX. THE STRUGGLE FOR HELL WOOD 190