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From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917

Chapter 6 THE ENEMY WITHDRAWS

Word Count: 542    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

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und. This is a strategical retreat, revealing a new phase of weakness in their defensive conditions. It has not come to our Generals as a surprise. After the battle of Boom Ravine, there were several signs that the enemy contemplated a withdrawal from the two Miraumonts, and our recent capture of Baillescourt Farm and the ground on the north of the Ancre seriously menaced Serre. Yesterday morning, through a heavy grey mist, fires were seen burning along the German front line. For several days the enemy's field-batteries had been firing an abnormal amount of ammunition, and it seemed likely that they were getting rid of their supplies in the forward dumps before withdrawing their guns. Patrols sent out had a queer, uncanny experience. It was very quiet in the mist, almost alarmingly quiet. They pushed in after the enemy. Not a sound, not a shot

or which there had been so much bloody fighting in the autumn and the first month of this year. From the direction of Bapaume the noise of heavy explosions was heard, as thoug

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1 Chapter 1 A NEW YEAR OF WAR2 Chapter 2 AN ATTACK NEAR LE TRANSLOY3 Chapter 3 THE ABANDONMENT OF GRANDCOURT4 Chapter 4 THE GORDONS IN THE BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT5 Chapter 5 THE BATTLE OF BOOM RAVINE6 Chapter 6 THE ENEMY WITHDRAWS7 Chapter 7 OUR ENTRY INTO GOMMECOURT8 Chapter 8 WHY THE ENEMY WITHDREW9 Chapter 9 THE AUSTRALIANS ENTER BAPAUME10 Chapter 10 THE MAKING OF NO MAN'S LAND11 Chapter 11 THE LETTER OF THE LAW12 Chapter 12 THE ABANDONED COUNTRY13 Chapter 13 THE CURé OF VOYENNES14 Chapter 14 THE CHTEAU OF LIANCOURT15 Chapter 15 THE OLD WOMEN OF TINCOURT16 Chapter 16 THE AGONY OF WAR17 Chapter 17 ARRAS AND THE VIMY RIDGE18 Chapter 18 LONDONERS THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES19 Chapter 19 THE STRUGGLE ROUND MONCHY20 Chapter 20 THE OTHER SIDE OF VIMY21 Chapter 21 THE WAY TO LENS22 Chapter 22 THE SLAUGHTER AT LAGNICOURT23 Chapter 23 THE TERRORS OF THE SCARPE24 Chapter 24 THE BACKGROUND OF BATTLE25 Chapter 25 HOW THE SCOTS TOOK GUéMAPPE26 Chapter 26 THE OPPY LINE27 Chapter 27 THE BATTLE OF MAY 328 Chapter 28 WYTSCHAETE AND MESSINES29 Chapter 29 THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY30 Chapter 30 AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE31 Chapter 31 THE EFFECT OF THE BLOW32 Chapter 32 LOOKING BACKWARD33 Chapter 33 THE AUSTRALIANS AT MESSINES34 Chapter 34 A BATTLE IN A THUNDER-STORM35 Chapter 35 THE TRAGEDY AT LOMBARTZYDE36 Chapter 36 BREAKING THE SALIENT37 Chapter 37 FROM PILKEM RIDGE TO HOLLEBEKE38 Chapter 38 THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINS39 Chapter 39 PILL-BOXES AND MACHINE-GUNS40 Chapter 40 THE SONG OF THE COCKCHAFERS41 Chapter 41 WOODS OF ILL-FAME42 Chapter 42 THE BATTLE OF LANGEMARCK43 Chapter 43 CAPTURE OF HILL SEVENTY44 Chapter 44 LONDONERS IN GLENCORSE WOOD45 Chapter 45 SOMERSETS AT LANGEMARCK46 Chapter 46 THE IRISH IN THE SWAMPS47 Chapter 47 THE WAY THROUGH GLENCORSE WOOD48 Chapter 48 THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE OF LENS49 Chapter 49 THE AGONY OF ARMENTIèRES50 Chapter 50 THE BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD51 Chapter 51 THE WAY TO PASSCHENDAELE52 Chapter 52 THE BATTLE OF POLYGON WOOD53 Chapter 53 ABRAHAM HEIGHTS AND BEYOND54 Chapter 54 SCENES OF BATTLE55 Chapter 55 THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND56 Chapter 56 THE ASSAULTS ON PASSCHENDAELE57 Chapter 57 ROUND POELCAPPELLE58 Chapter 58 THE CANADIANS COME NORTH59 Chapter 59 LONDON MEN AND ARTISTS60 Chapter 60 THE CAPTURE OF PASSCHENDAELE