THE BATTLES IN FLANDERS
HOW THE WAR BEGAN By W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D., and J. M. KENNEDY
THE FLEETS AT WAR By ARCHIBALD HURD
THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN By GEORGE HOOPER
THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE By J. M. KENNEDY
IN THE FIRING LINE By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK
GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD By STEPHEN CRANE
BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT
THE RED CROSS IN WAR By Miss MARY FRANCES BILLINGTON
FORTY YEARS AFTER The Story of the Franco-German War By H. C.BAILEY With an Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D.
A SCRAP OF PAPER By E. J. DILLON
HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR By J. M. KENNEDY
AIR-CRAFT IN WAR By S. ERIC BRUCE
FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS By REGINALD HODDER
THE FIGHTING RETREAT TO PARIS By ROGER INGPEN
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIAN POLAND By P. C. STANDEN
THE BATTLES OF THE RIVERS By EDMUND DANE
FROM HELIGOLAND TO KEELING ISLAND By ARCHIBALD HURD
THE SLAV NATIONS By SRGJAN PL. TUCIC
SUBMARINES, MINES AND TORPEDOES By A. S. DOMVILLE-FIFE
WITH THE R.A.M.C. AT THE FRONT By E. C. VIVIAN
MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR By HORACE WYATT
HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM By EDMUND DANE
WITH THE FRENCH EASTERN ARMY
THE GERMAN NAVY By ARCHIBALD HURD
OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION
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THE BATTLES IN FLANDERS
FROM YPRES TO NEUVE CHAPELLE
BY
EDMUND DANE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXV
PREFATORY NOTE
Ever since the middle of November last there has been on the Westfront in the present war what many have called and considered a"deadlock." In the account which follows of that part of the campaignrepresented by the battles in Flanders the true character of thegreat and brilliant military scheme by means of which, and againstapparently impossible odds, the Allied commanders succeeded inreducing the main fighting forces of Germany to impotence, and indefeating the purposes of the invasion, will, I hope, become clear.The success or failure of that scheme depended upon the issue of theBattle of Ypres. Not only was that great battle the most prolonged,furious, and destructive clash of arms yet known, but upon it also,for reasons which in fact disclose the real history of this struggle,hung the issue of the W