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The way to victory
Philip Gibbs (1877–1962), 1919
Named on the pages for Battle of Caporetto, Battle of Cambrai (1917).
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Passages that name the battles; the whole book is at Internet Archive.
24 October – 19 November 1917
Battle of Caporetto
THE APPROACHING MENACE 165
To inspire the German people to hold out a little while longer, to suppress the spirit of revolt among them so that the military leaders may make this throw with fate, fan- tastic stories are being spread about among neutrals and in their own Press, and by secret word which is carefully spread broadcast, of new methods of attack which will en- sure success. Bogeys are faked up and put in circulation. The German soldier as well as the German people have been given special treatment for moral. Both of them have been disappointed too often by promises of victory and peace to believe in them again without some new tricks. As long ago as 19 14 they were promised the war would be over before the leaves of autumn fell. Galicia, Verdun, the battles of the Isonzo were in turn to give them victories. The U-boat war was to starve England to surrender by August last. So now the decisive blow in the West by new methods of frightfulness is the very latest, and I think the last, spell that will hold the German people and army to-
20 November – 7 December 1917
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT
PART I THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT
PART I THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT 43
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT 43
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT 45
THE BATTLES OF THE CAMBRAI SALIENT 45
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