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Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915, Vol. I, Winter 1914-15: Battle of Neuve Chappelle : Battle of Ypres [Second]


by J. E. Edmonds

Pen and ink sketch of the Ypres Cloth Hall dated 1916 by N. Faeror? Faeroir? On November 22, 1914, German forces shelled the Hall and St. Peter's Cathedral with incendiary shells. In his memoirs, French General %+%Person%m%11%n%Ferdinand Foch%-%, wrote that they did so to compensate themselves for their defeat in the %+%Event%m%96%n%Battle of Flanders%-%. Text: Ypres signed: N. Faeror? Faeroir? 1916

Pen and ink sketch of the Ypres Cloth Hall dated 1916 by N. Faeror? Faeroir? On November 22, 1914, German forces shelled the Hall and St. Peter's Cathedral with incendiary shells. In his memoirs, French General Ferdinand Foch, wrote that they did so to compensate themselves for their defeat in the Battle of Flanders.

Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915, Vol. I, Winter 1914-15: Battle of Neuve Chappelle : Battle of Ypres [Second] by Edmonds, Brigadier-General J.E. & Wynne, Captain G.C. with Maps and Sketches Compiled by Major A.F. Becke R.A. (Retired) Hon. M.A. (Oxon.)

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927

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