The French edition of "Before Endeavours Fade" - the guide to the WWI battlefields on the Western Front.

1978, After the Battle, , ,< D-02>,123pp, 300 photos, maps, A4 format. very good., Fr.text, CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 18833-01..............................£10.00 

The Daily Telegraph War Books. The early battles of the war in France including the Battle of the Marne, Operations on the Aisne and the Struggle around Rheims.

1914, Hodder & Stoughton, , ,< D-02>,208pp, Red Boards. Light foxing on end papers and page edges., ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 34348-01..............................£30.00 

Originally published in 1928, but this new edition with the use of the author's diaries includes the names, places and other information omitted in the original. He served first at the British Red Cross Hospital at Wimereux on the French coast and then was Medical Officer to the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards at the Third Battle of Ypres and the advance on Cambrai in 1917. Wounded twice, he spent 1918 in an English hospital recovering from his injuries. This is a graphic first-hand account of a doctor working long hours to deal with the casualities brought from the battlefield.

2014, Richard Dennis Pubs., , 9780957209510,< D-02>, Illustrations, and plans, folding map, 128pp., pictorial wrappers,, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 37889-01..............................£12.00 

Small corrections on a few pages by previous owner.Good in plastic covered d/w. A fascinating new perspective on the German offensive against France and Belgium in 1914. It describes the intense fighting that took place around the forts and fortified cities that stood in the path of the invasion. The ordeal began with the German assault on the mighty fortress of Liège. They took twelve days to batter their way through the 'Gateway to Belgium', losing thousands of men in repeated frontal assaults, using the heaviest siege artillery ever developed to destroy the defences. The author describes the German attack, and traces the history and design of the massive infantry strongpoints, bunkers, casemates and shelters constructed by the French and the Belgians between 1871 and 1914.

2013, Pen & Sword, , 9781848848139,< D-02>,225pp, numerous b/w photos, illustrations & maps, Good in plastic covered d/w, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 36491-01..............................£6.00 

A Pitkin guide with city and battlefield maps. Provides information on the events and memorials of the First World War but also a general history of this ancient city.

1997, Pitkin Pictorials, , 0853726108,< D-02>,21pp illustrations, maps, Very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 2656-01..............................£3.00 

From July to November 1916, one of the largest battles of the war; by the time fighting paused in late autumn 1916 the forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded.

1983, Pan Books, , 033028035X,< D-02>,269pp, 17 photos, 12 maps, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 16522-02..............................£4.00 

An account of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1917. The third of a series of books produced by the University of Reading covering the role of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment in World War I, this one being concerned with their actions in 1917 on the Western Front.

1997, University of Reading, , 0704911612,< D-02>,A4 format, 75pp, numerous b/w illustrations & maps/plans, Mint in card cover, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 36822-01..............................£20.00 

An account of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. This is the second of a series of four volumes produced by the University of Reading. The scale of slaughter and suffering on the Somme was appalling. The assailants were mowed down in swathes. This booklet describes how the 5th, 6th and 8th Battalions of the Royal Berkshires played their part but in the event, the Somme battles made only limited gains. The regiment's battle honour 'Somme 1916' served as as an acknowledgment of duty done for monarch and country.

1996, University of Reading, , 0704911604,< D-02>,A4 format, 94pp, numerous b/w illustrations & maps/plans, Mint in card cover, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 36821-01..............................£20.00 

An account of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment at the Battle of Loos in 1915. This is the first of a series of four volumes produced by the University of Reading. This volume, which is particularly scarce and sought after, covers the 8th Battalion's action on 25th September, 1915. Commencing at 0630h, by nightfall 493 of the 800 officers and men had become casualties. Three weeks later the survivors, together with their fellow volunteers from the 5th Battalion, went into action again. They suffered heavily, with little to show for their bravery.

1995, University of Reading, , 0704904233,< D-02>,A4 format, 64pp, numerous b/w illustrations & maps/plans, Mint in card cover, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 36820-01..............................£30.00 

An account of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment. The fourth and last of a series of books produced by the University of Reading, covering the role of the Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment in World War One, this volume being concerned with their actions in 1918. It describes the actions of the 5th and 8th Battalions during the German Spring Offensive, the final Allied Offensive and the Battle of Amiens, up to the Armistice in November.

1998, University of Reading, , 0704911620,< D-02>,A4 format, 115pp, numerous b/w illustrations & maps/plans, Mint in card cover, , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 36823-01..............................£20.00