The fighting fronts
Click through to details of the battles and engagements in these theatres of war.
France and Flanders (the Western Front)
To be added in due couse:
East Africa
Other West Africa
Ireland
Field commanders’ despatches
A valuable source of contemporary, official information about the fighting – although we must be aware of the personal and political points that the author of the despatch was sometimes trying to score.
Background articles
Why Britain went to war in 1914
Parliament commits Britain to war in France
Public proclamations of mobilisation of the army
The King’s Message to the Army (August 1914)
Lloyd George commits the army to an unwanted extension of the line in 1918
Manpower crisis in 1918 forces reorganisation of the army in France