FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES, OCTOBER 14- NOVEMBER 15, 1914

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FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES, OCTOBER 14- NOVEMBER 15, 1914 A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS

General Sources…..p.1 Specific Actions…..p.3 Battle of the Yser…..p.4 -Dixmude…..p.5

GENERAL SOURCES

Badsey, Stephen. “The First Battle of Ypres 1914, the Narrowest Margin.” In The Hutchinson Atlas of Battle Plans: Before and After. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. pp. 204-14. D25.H88.

Beckett, Ian F.W. Ypres: The First Battle, 1914. NY: Pearson/Education, 2004. 221 p. D542.Y6.B43.

Bond, R.L. “The 23^rd (Field) Company R.E. in the Great War.” Royal Engineers Journal (Sep 1928): pp. 390-406. Per.

Pt. 2 of a 6-part article on the unit; covers Ypres and other 1914 operations.

Brice, Beatrix, compiler. The Battle Book of Ypres. NY: St. Martins, 1988 reprint of 1927 edition.

273 p. D542.Y5.B7.

Brown, Malcolm. The Imperial War Museum Book of 1914: The Men Who Went to War. London:

Pen Books in association with the Imperial War Museum, 2005. 337 p. D546.B77.

See Chap. 10.

Carew, John M. Wipers. London: Hamilton, 1974. 230 p. D542.Y6.C37.

Coate, Les. Ypres, 1914-18: A Study in the History around Us. Brighton, England: Tressell, 1982.

36 p. D542.Y5.C62.

Dauzet, Pierre. Guerre de 1914: La Bataille des Flandres, 16 Octobre-15 Novembre 1914. Paris:

Charles-Lavauzelle, 1917. 132 p. D541.D3.

Farrar-Hockley, Anthony. Ypres, Death of an Army. Bristol, England: Cerberus, 2004. 176 p.

D542.Y6.F372.

Originally published as Death of an Army. NY: Morrow, 1968. 195 p. D542.Y6.F37.

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Giles, John. The Ypres Salient. London: Leo Cooper, 1970. 229 p. D542.Y5.G5.

Glover, Michael. Battlefields of Northern France and the Low Countries. London: Guild, 1987.

240 p. D25.5.G56.

Hamilton, Ernest W. The First Seven Divisions, Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting From Mons to Ypres. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1918. 364 p. D544.H319.

Les Sept Premières Divisions Anglaises: Récit Détaillé des Leurs Combats Autour de Mons et d’Ypres. [Translated from the English by Michel Epuy] Paris: Payot, 1917. 280 p. D544.H314.

Hititch, A. Neville. Battle Sketches 1914-15. Oxford, England: Clarendon, 1915. 206 p. D525.H5.

Holt, Tonie. Major & Mrs Holt’s Battlefield Guide to the Ypres Salient. London: Leo Cooper, 1999.

256 p. D542.Y5.H65.

Humphreys, Charles R. “In at the Sharp End: The London Scottish at Ypres.” Military Illustrated (Mar 1996): pp. 42-47. Per.

Hyndson, James. From Mons to the First Battle of Ypres. London: :Wyman, 1933. 128 p. D546.H9.

Madelin, Louis. La Melée des Flandres: l’Yser et Ypres. Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1917. 238 p. D541.M23.

Malleterre, Pierre M.G. De la Marne à L’Yser: La Victoire des Forces Morales, sa Portée, ses Conséquences. Paris: Librarie Chapelot, 1915. 153 p. D544.M345.

Marix Evans, Martin. Over the Top: Great Battles of the First World War. London: Arcturus, 2002.

240 p. D521.M382.

See Chap. 4.

Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914. [Compiled by James E. Edmonds] Vol. 2: Antwerp, La Bassée, Armentières, Messines, and Ypres, October-November, 1914. Nashville, TN:

Battery Press, 1995-96 reprint of earlier edition. D521.H57v2

Marix-Evans, Martin. Passchendaele and the Battles of Ypres, 1914-18. London: Osprey, 1997. 111 p.

D542.Y72.E9.

Murland, Jerry. Aristocrats go to War: Uncovering the Zillebeke Churchyard Cemetery. Barnslely, England: Pen & Sword, 2012. 198 p. D542.Y6.M87.

Pollard, Hugh B.C. The Story of Ypres. NY: McBride, 1917. 118 p. D542.Y5.P64.

Reed, Paul. Walking the Salient: A Walkers Guide to the Ypres Salient. London: Leo Cooper, 1999.

208 p. D542.Y5.R44.

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Schwink, Otto. Die Schlacht an de Yser und Bei Ypern im Herbst 1914: Unter Benutzung Amtlicher Quellen Bearb. Oldenburg: G. Stalling, 1918. 98 p. D509.G7Heft 10.

Ypres, 1914: An Official Account Published by Order of the German General Staff.

Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 1994 reprint of 1919 edition. 136 p. D542.Y6.S3.

Sheldon, Jack. The German Army at Ypres 1914 and the Battle for Flanders. Barnsley, England: Pen &

Sword, 2010. 382 p. D542.Y6.S54.

Walker, G. “From the Aisne to Ypres, 1914.” The Royal Engineers Journal (Jul 1920): pp. 25-36;

(Sep 1920): pp. 112-22. Per.

“Ypres Cost the Huns the War.” Infantry Journal (Jul 1919): pp. 42-45. Per.

SPECIFIC ACTIONS

-Kindermort (Oct-Nov)

Cowley, Robert. “The Massacre of the Innocents.” MHQ Vol. 10, No. 3: pp. 38-43. Per.

Langemarck, 10 Nov 1914

-Mont des Cats (12 Oct)

“The Capture of Mont des Cats, October, 1914.” Cavalry Journal (Oct 1924): pp. 385-90. Per.

-Gheluvelt/St. Eloi (Oct-Nov)

Milne, T. Baxter. “The Kaiser’s 1914 Hallowe’en Party.” Military Engineer (Nov/Dec 1929):

pp. 511-16. Per.

Seeger, Alan. “Operations of the Horse Battalion, 15^th (German) Field Artillery in Northern France, 1914.” Field Artillery Journal (Mar/Apr 1922): pp. 146-53. Per.

Gheluvelt, Oct 1914; Ploegsteert, Oct-Nov 1914.

Seeger, Alan. “Operations of the Horse Battalion, 15^th (German) Field Artillery, with the 7^th Cavalry Division in Northern France and Belgium, Autumn, 1914.” Field Artillery Journal

(Mar/Apr1921): pp. 181-93. Per.

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-Polygon Wood

Cave, Nigel. Polygon Wood. Barnsley, England: Leo Cooper, 1999. 176 p. D542.Y6.C383.

“The 5^th (Field) Company, R.E., at Polygon Wood, 11 November, 1914.” The Royal Engineers Journal (Oct 1919): pp. 179-82. Per.

-Other

Baker, H.A. “History of the 7^th Field Company R.E., During the War 1914-1918.” Royal Engineers Journal (Jun 1932): pp. 258-73. Per.

Pt. 1 of a 3-part article on the unit; covers operations around Ploegsteert, 19 Oct 1914- 13 Feb 1915, and Hill 60, 9 Mar-1 Apr 1916.

Bond, R.L. “The 23^rd (Field) Company R.E. in the Great War.” Royal Engineers Journal (Dec 1929): pp. 563-80. Per.

Pt. 3 of a 6-part article on the unit; covers Aubers in Nov, 1914.

Cave, Nigel. Ypres, Sanctuary Wood and Hooge. London: Leo Cooper, 1993. 120 p. D542.Y6.C38.

BATTLE OF THE YSER

La Bataille de l’Yser: Commêmoration Solennelle de son Deuxième Anniversaire (Le Havre, 29 Octobre 1916). Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1917. 95 p. D542.Y8.B3.

Baulu, Marguerite. La Retraite d’Anvers et la Bataille de l’Yeser. Paris: Perrin, 1919. 362 p.

D541.B32.

Cowley, Robert. “Albert and the Yser.” MHQ Vol. 1, No. 4: pp. 106-17. Per.

Des Lignes de Tchataldja au Canal de l’Yser:…. Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1915. 72 p. DR46.4.L53.

Merzbach, Charles. La Bataille de l’Yser: Examen Critique d’une Étude de M.L. Madelin. Bruxelles:

Van Sulper, 1924. 16 p. D542.Y8.M4.

“The Battle of the Yser.” [Translated By E.M. Benitez] AWC typescript, 1924. 12 p.

D542.Y8.M413.

Nothomb, Pierre. El Iser: Las Ciudades Santas, La Victoria, La Batalla de Esito. Barcelona, Spain:

Bloud y Gay, 1914? 244 p. D542.Y8.N6.

L’Yser et la Côte Belge. Clermont-Ferrand, France: Michelin, 1920. 127 p. D542.Y8.Y8.

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Van Pul, Paul. In Flanders Flooded Fields: Before Ypres there was Yser. [Translation of Oktober 1914:

het Koninkrijk Gered Door de Zee] Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword, 2006. 266 p.

D542.Y8.V3613.

-Dixmude

Bocquet, Léon. L’Agonie de Dixmude: Épisodes de la Bataille de l’Yser. Paris: Tallandier, 1916?

268 p. D542.D5.B6.

Kircheisen, Freidrich M. Die Schlachten bei Ypern und Dixmude (Oktober und November 1914). Aarau, Switzerland: Sauerländer, 1916. 28 p. D542.Y6.K5.

LeBail, Georges. La Brigade des Jean le Gouin: Historie Documentaire et Anecdotique des Fusiliers- Marins de Dixmude; D’Aprés des Documents Originaux les Récits des Combattants. Paris:

Perrin et Cie, 1917. 338 p. D542.Y8.L4.

LeGoffic, Charles. Dixmude: Un Chapitre de l’Histoire des Fusiliers Marins (7 Octobre-10 Novembre 1914). Paris: Plon, 1915. 265 p. D542.D5.L4.

Dixmude: The Epic of the French Marines (October 17-November 10, 1914).

[Translated by Florence Simmonds] London: Heinemann, 1916. 164 p. D542.D5.L413.

Van Erde, E. “The Belgian Field Artillery in the Present War.” Field Artillery Journal (Apr/Jun 1918):

pp. 182-207. Per.

Battles of Haelen (12 Aug), Antwerp, Escault (20 Aug-Sep) &Dixmude, 1914.