"[This book] is the first complete account of the operations of the German Army in the battle for Flanders during the first autumn of The Great War. Due emphasis is placed on the fighting east of Ypres against the Old Co..."[This book] is the first complete account of the operations of the German Army in the battle for Flanders during the first autumn of The Great War. Due emphasis is placed on the fighting east of Ypres against the Old Contemptibles of the BEF, but the vital contribution of the French and Belgian armies is fully recognised. Although many believe that the BEF alone was all that saved world civilisation as 1914 drew to a close, the crushing defeat suffered by the German Army was in truth an Allied triumph, which laid to rest the Kaiser's ambition of a swift victory in the west"--Jacket.
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