Challenge of battle : the real story of the british army in 1914 / Adrian Gilbert

London : Osprey Pub, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 304 pages : 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Cover; Title; Contents; List of Maps; List of Images; Introduction; Prologue: First Blood; Part One: Advance to Battle; 1. Opening the War Book; 2. Across the Channel; 3. The March to Mons; 4. The Kaiser's Army; 5. Encounter at Mons; Part Two: The Great Retreat; 6. Disengagement; 7. Le Cateau: the Decision to Fight; 8. Le Cateau: the Defeat; 9. Failures of Command; 10. The Retreat Continues; Part Three: From the Marne to the Aisne; 11. Turn of the Tide; 12. Battle on the Aisne: Assault; 13. Battle on the Aisne: Entrenchment; Part Four: Decision at Ypres; 14. The Opening Moves. 15. Storm over Ypres 16. Battle in the South; 17. Ypres: the Test; Epilogue: Death of the Old Army; Appendix A: BEF Order of Battle 1914; Appendix B: British Army Organization; Acknowledgements; Source Notes; Bibliography; Imprint. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force History World War, 1914-1918. Warfare & defence. History. HISTORY Military World War I. HISTORY Europe Western. History. First World War. Defence strategy, planning & research.