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Mapping the First World War Simon Forty MAPPING THE FIRST WORLD WAR SIMON FORTY © CONWAY CONTENTS Introduction................................................................... 6 Battle of Jutland. May 31, 1916............................ 54 German retreat, March 1918................................. 92 The retreating German Army, Religion of the population of Croatia and Battle of Jutland: Track ofMarlborough, the Military FIQs in France, Belgium, and Germany July-August 1918.............................................122 Slavonia, 1910.................................................... 28 May 31, 1916...................................................... 57 from November 28, 1917................................. 93 Successive fronts on the Western Turkey in Europe, 1914...........................................29 Mining daily blow chart, Salonika, 1917........................................................... 94 Front in 1 91..................................................... 8 124 German war aims, 1914..........................................30 June 30-July 1, 1916.......................................58 Salonika, Struma Valley. 1917...............................95 American Corps, Western Front, U-boat positions around the North Sea coastArmagh and Wood mining, 1916.................................. 59 Rabegh Flarbour, 1917............................................96 October 15, 1918..............................................125 English Channel, Lille Road mining, 1916...........................................59 Italy and Eastern Europe in .........................1917 97 French Order of Battle, as at August 19, 1 9 1 4 ........................................................31 Battle of the Somme, July-November 1916......60 Railroad systems in Belgium, France, and Novem ber 1, 1918........................................... 126 Defenses of Mauberge, 1914................................32 Middle East, 1916..................................................... 68 Germany, January 9, 1918............................. 98 French Order of Battle, as at Battle of Tannenberg, August .....................1914 33 Salonika, 1916........................................................... 69 Main railroad routes on the Novem ber 6, 1918..........................................127 The BEF at Mons, August 20-23, 1914.............. 34 Nile Delta, 1916.........................................................69 Western Front, 1918......................................... 99 Vittorio Veneto, October 30, 1918.................... 128 The Crisis of the Marne, Mametz and Montauban,.............................. 1916 70 German defenses on the Läon Front, Vittorio Veneto Campaign, Septem ber 9, 1914.................................................. 35 Vimy Ridge, 1916..................................................... 70 February 1918..................................................100 October-November 1918.............................130 The BEF at the Aisne, September 21, ......191436 East Africa, 1 9 1...................................................... 6 72 Bombing raids over Germany, 1918.................. 101 XIV Corps in Italy, October 1 9....................... 1 8 131 The 'Race to the Sea,' Yugoslavia, 1916...................................................... 73 Airships and air stations, 1918............................102 German strength all Fronts, October—November 1914................................37 Armoured Car Force, Romania, 1916-17..........74 The German advance in .............................1918 104 August '914-August 1918...........................132 Battle of Lodz, November-December 1914......38 Trench lines, 1917.................................................... 76 Middle East, 1918...................................................106 German military call-ups, 1914-18................... 133 Tanga, German East Africa, December 1914...Dutch 40 coast, 1917..................................................... 76 Battle of the Aisne, April 11, 1918.......................108 Charts showing ammunition expended Firth of Forth: Inchkeith defenses, 1915.............41 German attacks on merchant shipping, Fourth Army water supply, in World W ar.................................................. 1 134 Battle of Neuve Chapelle, April 1 91 7............................................................ 78 April 1 -November 11,1918.......................... 109 Royal Engineers chart, Western Front, March 10-12, 1915.......................................... 42 M erchant steamship traffic, June 1918................79German order of battle, 1918.............................. 110 1 9 1 6.................................................................. 136 Gallipoli, 1915............................................................ 43 Third Battle of Arras, April 1917............................ 80 British reserves as at May 24, 1918...................111 Guns and howitzers: rounds per piece in Evacuation of Gallipoli, 1915................................. 47 Medical posts on the Western Front, ........191781 Fifth Army: enemy aerodromes, balloons, France 1914-18............................................. 137 Defenses around London, 1915........................... 48 Scarpe River, 1917...................................................81 and hospitals, August 28, 1918....................112 US Forces in France, March 20, 1919.............138 Battle of Loos: RFC operations, Battle of Messines, June-July 1917.................... 82 RFC in France, August 8, 1 91........................... 8 113 Cologne bridgehead, 1918-1919..................... 139 September 25, 1915........................................ 49 Third Battle of Ypres, German supply system around Lille, Russia and Northern Asia, ........................1919 140 Battle of Loos: Hohenzollern R edoubt.................49 September-November 1917.......................... 83 September 7, 1918..........................................114 Russian Civil War 1919....................................... 141 Battle of Loos: RFC operations, Third Battle of Ypres: hostile tactical maps, German communications system, 1918........... 115 Balance of power in the Middle East, 1920.... 142 Septem ber 25, 1915......................................... 50 September 18-October 21 1917................... 86 Battle of St Mihiel, September 12-14, 1918... 116German Fleet, Scapa Flow, 1919..................... 143 Third Battle of Isonzo, October 23, ............1915 51 Sixth Battle of Isonzo, August 17, 1917............. 88 Use of tanks, August 8-N ovem ber 8, 1918.... 117Index of Maps.........................................................144 Airship raids, March 5/6 and Italian Campaign, December 13,............... 1917 89 Argonne, September-November ..............1918 118 March 31/April 1 1916......................................52 Operations of the 'Dunsterforce' Battle of Flanders, 1918....................................... 120 Airraid bomb, September25, .....................1916 53 in north Persia, 1917........................................ 90 British battles, August-November 1918..........121.
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