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	Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle was fought between the German and French armies between February 21 and 19 December 1916 around Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeast France.
		The battle began on 21 February 1916 with a nine-hour artillery bombardment firing 1,000,000 shells by 1,200 guns on a front of 40 km, followed by an attack by three army corps (the 3rd, 7th, and 18th).
		The battle of Verdun became a symbol of French determination, inspired by the sacrifice of the defenders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Verdun (1287 words)

	Battle of Neuve Chapelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a British offensive in the Artois region and broke through at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, but they were unable to exploit the advantage.
		The battle of Neuve Chapelle was an action in which, through a surprise attack the British reconquered the position which the Germans had occupied in October and had powerfully organized in front of the British pivot at La Bassée.
		After the failure of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Sir John French claimed that it failed due to a lack of shells.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle (658 words)

	World War One Battlefields : Other Battlefields : Neuve Chapelle
		Neuve Chapelle was where the British started to learn the hard lessons that led to the practices undertaken in many if not all subsequent offensives.
		Neuve Chapelle is a small village located roughly midway between Bethune and Lille, and is around 20 miles south of Ypres.
		In the centre of Neuve Chapelle village is the church.
	www.ww1battlefields.co.uk /others/neuve_chapelle_short.html (4031 words)

	World War One - Neuve Chapelle and War in Blood-Soaked Trenches
		Neuve Chapelle deserves particular mention as the test in which the British soldiers demonstrated their might in equal contest against the enemy.
		So ended Neuve Chapelle, a battle in which the decision rested with the British, a victory for which a fearful price had been paid but out of which came a confidence that was to hearten the British nation and to put sinews of steel into the British army for the dread days to come.
		The story of Neuve Chapelle was repeated in large and in miniature many times during the deadlock of trench warfare on the western front until victory finally came to the Allies.
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	The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The attack at Neuve Chapelle was an entirely British affair, the French complaining that until extra British divisions could relieve them at Ypres, they had insufficient troops in the area to either extend of support the action.
		Neuve Chapelle village lies on the road between Bethune, Fleurbaix and Armentieres, near its junction with the Estaires - La Bassee road.
		The main lessons of Neuve Chapelle: artillery bombardment too light to suppress the enemy trenches; too few good artillery observation points; reserves too few to follow up success quickly; command communications took too long, and the means of communicating were too vulnerable.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat9.htm (714 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 1915
		Fought between 10-13 March 1915, the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was originally intended to comprise part of a wider Allied offensive in the Artois region.
		The decision to attack Neuve Chapelle, situated north of La Bassee and west of Lille in north-west France, was Sir John French's, Commander-in-Chief
		Whilst Neuve Chapelle was to form the initial target of the assault, French intended to capture the village at Aubers a mile to the east and to press the German defence of Lille.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/neuvechapelle.htm (540 words)

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		When the battle of Neuve Chapelle had been fought, although its losses were heavy, there was no longer any doubt in the British nation that victory was only a question of time.
		A little earlier, as the German battle cruisers were turning the Queen Elizabeths had in similar manner concentrated their fire on the turning point and destroyed a new German battle cruiser, believed to be the Hindenburg.
		German battle cruisers, which with several light cruisers and torpedo boats again headed the line, encountered the enemy soon after 9 o'clock and renewed the heavy fire, which was answered by them from the mist, and then by the leading division of the main fleet.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/2/8/16282/16282-8.txt (20753 words)

	The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This was Neuve Chapelle, in March 1915-a very minor affair indeed, by comparison with what was happening and continuing to happen on the French front, or about to happen in the East.
		The village of Neuve Chapelle, captured by the Germans in October 1914, lay in a salient about 2,000 yards across, giving the opportunity of converging fire; the Ridge lay only a mile beyond the village.
		At 8.05 the infantry attack went in; 45 minutes later Neuve Chapelle was captured, and very soon the first objective was gained along the whole central part of the 8,300-yard front.
	www.caterham.redbridge.sch.uk /history/trench/tw/tw15b.html (1019 words)

	The educational encyclopedia, world war I, the great war, battles and battlefields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gallipoli 1915 battle at Gallipoli, 1915, the Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in World War I during 1915.
		Somme: battle of the Somme the year 1916 was the year of the Battle of the Somme.
		Ypres: second battle of Ypres the Ypres Salient was to be one of the most fought over areas of the whole war.
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	First World War.com - Primary Documents - British Report of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10-13 March 1915
		Reproduced below is a British writer's account of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle launched as the first major British spring offensive of 1915 from 10-13 March.
		De Souza's report makes much of the apparent British success during the battle, and whose only reservation is in the cost of the attack - 12,000 British casualties out of 50,000 involved in the battle.
		The position, however, remained in the possession of the British, although their opponents did all they could to recapture it - a fact which when contrasted to the previous engagement makes it clear that the enemy was inferior both on the defence and the attack.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/neuvechapelle_desouza.htm (692 words)

	Document sans-titre
		Battle of Aubers.(9 May) Starting from Blackadder Trench and Crescent Trench, the bataillon attacked openly and lost 160 men, mostly at the beginning of assault.
		The battalion was amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion.
		Battle of Neuve-Chapelle (10-12 March) In support, lost 90 men.
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	Neuve Chappelle
		During the bombardment the Germans occupied some of the recently constructed machine-gun strongpoints (Stützpunkte) which were located 1,000 yards to the rear of their breastworks, and positioned 800 yards apart to cover much of the flat ground.
		As both Corps HQ were some 4 to 5 miles from Neuve Chapelle and separate from each other, up-to-dat e information took some time to reach the Corps Commanders, Rawlinson and Willcocks.
		a relatively small area, and the poor and confused communications, the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was nevertheless significant for it proved to the French that the British.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_earnshaw/wwi/neuve.htm (1760 words)

	Describe the conditions that soldiers experienced on the Western Front in the years 1915-1917.
		In March they clashed in Neuve Chapelle (Battle of Neuve Chapelle), in April the clashed in Ypres (Battle of Ypres), in May they clashed in Arras and Aubers (Battle of Arras and Aubers) and in September they clashed in Loos (Battle of Loos).
		The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was an example of how the British attacks against the Germans failed.
		Some of these reasons were that all their previous attacks had failed such as the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
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	Neuve - Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage/Patrimoine de Terre-Neuve et du
		The battle of Neuve Chapelle was an action in which, through a surprise attack.
		Battle of Neuve Chapel shown in historical military art prints of our world war one print series.
		The Kingdom of Terre Neuve is a subdivision of the Adrian Empire in the geographic
	pagesfind.com /psfd/neuve.html (455 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Sikh martyrs of France 1914-1918 forces
		In the first battle of Ieper (22 October 1914) a platoon of Dogra Sikhs died fighting to the last man, and Jemadar Kapur Singh kept on fighting until everyone else was out of action except for one wounded sepoy.
		If you go on the fields of battle you will see corpses piled upon corpses so that their is no place to place or put hand or foot.
		The village of Neuve Chapelle is some 5 kilometres north of La Bassee and 20 kilometres south-west of Lille.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ypres
		Ypres, Battle of, name applied to three battles of World War I (1914-1918) fought in and around the town of Ypres (also known as Ieper), Belgium....
		At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France, in March 1915, the British did achieve surprise simply by limiting the opening artillery to a short...
		In April, during the Second Battle of Ypres, the...
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	JUNE 2000 newsletter - Durban - South African Military History Society - Title page
		The battle honours granted to the 6 batteries, show the extent of their involvement on the Western front.
		Within an hour the village of Neuve Chapelle was captured and within 2 hours all the days objectives were taken, despite some mishaps on both flanks.
		The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was the first offensive battle, fought trench to trench, by the British Army in The Great War.
	samilitaryhistory.org /0/d00junne.html (1904 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The men were taken prisoner after a number of engagements on the western front, including notably the bloody battle at Neuve Chapelle in France in 1915.
		If you go on the fields of battle you will see corpses piled upon corpses so that there is no place to place or put hand or foot.
		On October 7, 1927, the secretary of state for India, the Earl of Birkenhead, unveiled a memorial at Neuve Chapelle to honour all Indian soldiers who fell on the western front during 1914-1918.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051026/asp/frontpage/story_5400541.asp (749 words)

	neuve-chapelle
		Turn left after the church and then right after 200 metres onto a rough track where the Cemetery will be found on the left hand side.
		The village has given its name to the battle which began on the 10th March, 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and Indian Corps.
		Neuve-Chapelle British Cemetery was begun during the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle and used until the following November.
	www.ww1cemeteries.com /ww1frenchcemeteries/neuvechapelle.htm (120 words)

	Neuve Chappelle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The song describes Neuve Chapelle as a British victory.
		The battle had some effect on British morale (showing that the newly-arriving Territorial troops were solid), but British casualties were much higher than German; it was in no sense a victory for either side.
		Kluck continued in command until 1915 (when he was wounded and permanently invalided), but he played no real part in Neuve Chappelle (the real commander on the front by this time was simply defensive doctrine) and would not have been discussing it with the Kaiser.
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/HHH526.html (318 words)

	Canada in Flanders by Sir Max Aitken, M.P., The Official Story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Volume 1
		The signpost planted at the crossing and pointing down the road to the south-east bore the inscription "Six kilometres to Neuve Chapelle." This was the road that the legions had taken.
		The object of this battle of Neuve Chapelle was to give our men a new spirit of offensive and to test the British fighting machine which had been built up with so much difficulty on the Western front.
		After Neuve Chapelle, quiet reigned along the Canadian trenches, though the battle raged to the north of us at St. Ebi, and the Princess Patricia's Battalion was involved.
	www.rootsweb.com /~cansk/CanadaInFlanders/ChapterIII.html (3309 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ypres
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		Battle : famous battles – World War I : Ypres, Battles of: Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount Allenby
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	My corner of a foreign field - This Is The North East archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Within seconds, I was told Arthur had died in action March 10, 1914, on the first day of the battle of Neuve Chapelle, and had no known grave.
		The battle to take Neuve Chapelle began on March 10, 1915, with a massive artillery attack on a 2,000-yard front.
		The battle was significant as it sowed the seeds in Field Marshal Haig's mind for what was to become the Battle of the Somme.
	archive.thisisthenortheast.co.uk /2002/03/21/141840.html (1356 words)

	World War I
		Contained within the tables of this article are details of the principle encounters of the war; a compilation of the primary battles and campaigns of 1914-18.
		Ardennes: (1) Battle of the Ardennes, 1914, (2) Battle of the Frontiers - Lorraine and Ardennes
		Battle Ever, (3) Verdun by Lord Northcliffe, (4) Battle of Verdun 1916, (5) Battle of Verdun 1916, (6) Verdun from Spartacus Educational, (7) Verdun 1914 - 1918, (8) 21st February - 18th December 1916 - The Battle of Verdun from Western Front Association
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	Official histories 1914-18 MAPS
		Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Artillery Dispositions: 10th March 1915, 1st Phase of the Bombardment, 7.30 – 8.50 a.m.
		Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge, Whit-Monday, 24th May, and the counter-attacks, with the Situation at Night.
		Diagrammaic Sketch of The Nord Railway in 1914.
	www.official-history-ww1.com /France_Belgium/maplist.htm (833 words)

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		This book gives a memorable account of that five-day battle, which was essentially a conflict of man against man, with most of the commanders as bewildered by the orders of their superiors as they were by the actions of the enemy.
		Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, is seen as the cool, thoroughly professional sailor who led into battle a fleet he knew to be inferior to the German in quality of ships and armament, as well as in its rigidity and lack of enterprise.
		Itself the bloodiest battle yet fought, it was the monstrous prelude to the battle of the Somme, and heralded by the thunder of a thousand German guns.
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	Books : The First World War: The Western Front 1914-1916 (Essential Histories)
		The author's English bias is evident in the maps, with five of ten maps focusing on British battles but only one on a French battle; even the map on the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers fails to depict the doomed French offensive in Lorraine.
		Given the importance of the Battle of the Marne, a map should also have been included on that subject over a relatively minor battle like Neuve Chapelle (which was important in English eyes, but otherwise no more significant than the many failed French offensives in 1915).
		The discussion of the Somme is adequate, but fails to convey the "mission creep" in the German plan that caused a deliberate attritional battle to transform into a major bloodletting for both sides.
	www.homeremodelingtoday.com /books/home-remodeling/1841763470 (827 words)

	FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1915 Vol 1. Winter 1914-15: Battle of ...
		Winter 1914-15: Battle of Neuve Chapelle: Battles of Ypres.
		The major operations were the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and the battles of Ypres (Second Ypres) Gravenstafel Ridge, St Julien (during which gas was used for the first time on the Western Front), Frezenberg Ridge and Bellewaarde Ridge.
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