THE WELSH AT WAR: From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy

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Records the gallant work of Welsh units and servicemen during the period between the declaration of war in 1914, to the aftermath of the battles of Loos and Gallipoli at the end of 1915. Covers the outbreak of war and the response in Wales, the Battle of Mons and the Retreat from Mons, the Home Front and the Expansion of the Army, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the Landings at Lao Shan Bay and the Siege of Tsingtao, the First and Second Battles of Ypres, the Raising of the 38th and 53rd (Welsh) Divisions, the Raising of the Welsh Guards, the Gallipoli landings as well as battles and evacuations, the Sinking of the Lusitania, the Battles of Aubers Ridge and Festubert, the Aden Protectorate, the Battle of Loos, and up until the arrival of the 38th (Welsh) Division in France in December 1915. Contains 100 mono illustrations.