A. Kearsey Knihy

The author has given great attention to all that had been written about the campaign; he also served in it as a Brigade Major to 1/2nd South Western Yeomanry Brigade. These notes and comments are intended to be a guide for officers studying the campaign, especially staff college students, and to point them to the larger and more important works on the subject. It begins with the entry of Turkey into the war, goes on to describe the naval operations, examines briefly the plan and then takes up the story from the landings and follows it through to the evacuation. A chapter gives full details of all troops engaged and two others provide a record of the campaign in diary form picking out important and notable events. The book concludes with a series of comments designed to help the study of the campaign as described in the preceding chapters.

This account of the Egypt and Palestine campaigns was essentially intended for officers engaged in the study of military history, particularly useful for staff college hopefuls. The book opens with a general summary of the strategy and tactics of the campaign, with a description of the dispositions of the British and Turkish forces in Egypt in the early days of the war. Geography and communications are discussed and the operations in 1914, 1915 and 1916. Then follows a more detailed study of the 1917-18 operations ending with the armistice of 31st October 1918. This part is followed by a Diary of Events, taking us from Turkey’s entry into the war right through with special emphasis on 1917 and 1918. Illustrations of the application of the principles of war in Egypt and Palestine are summarised and then discussed at length and in detail, supported by the maps.

Critical study of the planning, preparation and conduct of the Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos.

This is one of a series of studies on campaigns and battles of the Great War by Lt Col Kearsey, designed to help the student of military history, particularly those studying for Staff College. Sub-titled The Turn of the Tide on the Western Front the book examines the offensive that marked the beginning of the end for Germany and of which the first day, 8th August, was named by Ludendorff as the black day of the German Army . Beginning with an appreciation of the situation on 1st August it follows the events leading up to the battle, describes the first day of the offensive and the battle that followed during the next three days. It then reviews operations from 21st August to 3rd September, officially the Second Battles of the Somme. The study closes by posing twelve questions for the student, gives some general notes for the solution of the problems and finally gives the solutions