DELVILLE WOOD: THE SOUTH AFRICANS IN FRANCE APRIL-JULY 1916 by Richard Cornwell

“…In the first few weeks of war the invading German armies scored a series of rapid and in- spiring successes, but by the beginning of Septem- ber the French, aided by a small British Expeditionary Force, halted the enemy advance and compelled a tactical withdrawal.1 The front-line troops of both sides now dug themselves crude entrenchments and awaited reinforcements and fresh supplies. …”
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