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Pillars of fire : the battle of Messines Ridge, June 1917

Title
Pillars of fire : the battle of Messines Ridge, June 1917 / Ian Passingham ; foreword by Peter Simkins.
Author
Passingham, Ian.
Publication
Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1998.

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Description
xxviii, 223 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Battle of Messines Ridge, June 1917
Subject
  • Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force
  • 1914-1918
  • Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Belgium > Mesen
  • Military campaigns
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western, 1917
  • Mesen (Belgium) > History, Military
  • Belgium
  • Belgium > Mesen
Genre/Form
Military history.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-215) and index.
Contents
An orchestra of war -- Instruments of war -- Across the wire : towards 'Soldatend?mmerung' -- Overture : 1-6 June -- 'The Messines symphony'. First movement and phase one : 'Soldatend?mmerung', a.m. 7 June -- Second movement and phase two : 'strike the chord', p.m. 7 June -- Third movement : 'not a retreat, merely a withdrawal', 8-14 June -- Fourth movement : 'opportunity gained ... and lost' -- Finale : repercussions : Third Ypres, Cambrai and crisis -- Coda : the legacy of Messines -- Postscript : 'To my chum'.
ISBN
  • 0750917040
  • 9780750917049
LCCN
99193844
OCLC
  • ocm42667933
  • 42667933
  • SCSB-574672
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library