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The Footballer of Loos

Ed Harris
The Germans fighting on two fronts were concentrating in the east where the Russians were weakening. In the west, the Allied effort was met with well prepared German defences, and efforts to open a new front on the Gallipoli Peninsula had foundered. Decisive action to break the deadlock on the Western Front saw a mighty attack of six British divisions planned for the autumn of 1915 in the vicinity of the small mining community of Loos en Gohelle where ''The Big Push'' would begin. The bitter recriminations that followed the perceived failure reduced the Battle of Loos to a footnote in the hist
eBook, English, 2009
The History Press, New York, 2009
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1 online resource (312 p.)
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Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Sport and War; Chapter Two Footballs at Dawn; Chapter Three Frank Edwards, Volunteer; Chapter Four France; Chapter Five The Big Push; Chapter Six On the Ball; Chapter Seven A Blighty One; Chapter Eight Man of Loos; Chapter Nine The Irish Question; Chapter Ten Press and Propaganda; Chapter Eleven Conclusions; Postscript; Sources and Bibliography; Copyright
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