This book looks at the major British offensive in 1915 when the British Expeditionary Force, embarked on a battle that it did not want to fight over ground that was quite unsuitable for the attack.
The author: (Location: Eastry, Kent) was a regular officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles until retiring from the Army in 1998. He is now a freelance historian and his previous book published by Spellmount is entitled Sepoys in the Trenches. He appears regularly on television documentaries and has presented a number of TV series dealing with various aspects of military history.
