Earl douglas haig (10 Ergebnisse)

Reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv, 336 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Originally published in 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Diaries. Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Correspondence. Generals Great Britain Diaries. Great Britain History, Military 19th-20th century. Boer War, 1899-1902. Omdurman, Battle of, 1898. 1 Kg.…

Reprint. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; xxii, 371 pages, [24] leaves of plates ; 25 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprint of the first edition, originally published in two volumes in 1919. Introduction by Field-Marshal Foch. Includes index. Contents; The Opening of the Wearing-Out Battle -- The Campaigns of 1917 -- The Cambrai Operations -- The Great German Offensive -- The Advance to Victory -- The Final Despatch. Subjects; Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Dispatches. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front Sources. Somme, Battle of the, 1916. Cambrai, Battle of, 1917. Arras, Battle of, 1917. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Physical description; x, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1914 Corps Commander -- 1915 Army Commander -- 1916 The Year of the Somme -- 1917 Calais to Cambrai -- 1918 Year of Decision. Subjects; Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Diaries. Haig, Douglas Earl (1861-1928) Correspondence. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. Battle of the Somme. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, British. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; xviii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Sir Douglas Haig's despatches (December 1915-April 1919) / edited by J. H. Boraston. Subjects; Douglas Haig Earl Haig 1861-1928. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front Sources. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents: First Corps -- First Army -- Loos -- The Dismissal of French -- Commander in Chief -- Plans for the Somme -- The Somme: First Phase -- The Somme: Second Phase -- Plans for 1917 -- The Calais Conference -- The Nivelle Offensive -- Plans for Passchendaele -- Prelude to Passchendaele -- Passchendaele -- Cambrai -- The Fall of Robertson -- The Gathering Storm -- The German Offensive -- THe German Failure -- Victory -- Peace. Subjects: Haig, Douglas Haig Earl 1861-1928. World War, 1914-1918 . Campaigns Western Front. Marshals Great Britain ; Correspondence. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. This interesting set comprises a text volume and a matching box resembling a book, which contains 10 full colour First World War battle maps, each with linen backing. Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches (December 1915 - April 1919). Edited by Lieut.-Colonel J.H. Boraston, O.B.E. (Private Secretary to Earl Haig). With Specially Prepared Maps, Sketch Plans & Portraits. Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London & Toronto, and E.P. Dutton & Co., New York. Printed by The Temple Press, Letchworth, England. 1919 first edition, first impression. In good condition overall  - the book volume and map box covered in maroon cloth with gilt armorial to front and titles to spine. Covers with some sun marks, light wear, and some crinkling to cloth in places. The text pages have foxed spotting to text block edges with scattered foxing throughout, but text remains clear and legible. 2 leaves with edge tears with marginal losses. Previous owner's inscription, dated to 1919, to blank free endpaper. The map box has a hinged opening flap with ribbon handle (still present, although frayed). The maps themselves are generally very good indeed. Map 1, when folded, has some spotting to front facing blanks and some nibbles to edge, but overall maps are intact, bright and clean with just a few light spots to blank side and folded edges. All maps are present, as collated with Index. Text in English. Despatches: xviii + 378pp + fold-out map at rear. Plus 8 Portrait Plates (including frontispiece) + 25 'Sketch Maps', including the rear fold-out;  Maps Portfolio: Contains 10 large fold-out colour maps, linen-backed (all present as called for). Dimensions: each 'volume' approximately 257mm high x 180mm wide x 45-50mm deep. Weight: Approximately 2320g (unpacked). …

English soldier and military historian (1885-1969). One page, quarto. Folded twice. Good, but with minor discoloration and some ink smudging along one edge (not affecting text). Bearing the Society's stamp. Replying, as Haig's private secretary, to a letter electing Haig a fellow of the Society. 'Sir Douglas Haig has asked me to thank you very much for your letter of the 25th instant and will be glad if you will convey to the Council and members of your Society his great appreciation of the honour they have done him. | The Field-Marshal does not think it necessary that you should send him notice of all meetings of your Council, but should you desire his presence on any particular occasion of some matter of importance, he will be greatly obliged to you if you can give him special notice.' Signed 'J H Boraston'. Also included a 12mo handbill issued by the Society, with Haig's address, 'noted 11th. June 1919', on the reverse. …

Zustand: Very Good. A postcard-format gelatin silver photograph (136 × 87 mm), with 'Copyright Elliott & Fry, Ltd.' printed in the bottom margin. One tiny impression and a short surface scratch near the top margin of the recto; paper residue on the verso (remains of an old mount); overall in excellent condition, with the strong signature clearly visible. 'The Battle of the Somme was the first campaign launched by Sir Douglas Haig after he took over command of the British Army on the Western Front. His leadership during the battle made him one of the most controversial figures of the war and has been intensely disputed ever since. Haig entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1884 and then served with his regiment, the 7th Hussars, in India. He attended the Staff College, Camberley, in 1896 and saw active service during Sir Herbert Kitchener's 1898 campaign in the Sudan. Haig served under Sir John French on the staff of the Cavalry Division in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War. When the British Expeditionary Force went to war in August 1914, Haig commanded I Corps at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne and First Ypres. He led the renamed First Army from December 1914, including during the battles of Neuve-Chapelle and Loos in 1915. Haig succeeded Field Marshal Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on 19 December 1915. His period in command remains a much-debated subject among historians. He predicted a breakthrough in his offensives on the Somme in 1916 and at Ypres in 1917, but neither campaign delivered on this. Haig tended to emphasise the use of bigger forces and weightier artillery bombardments rather than tactical flexibility. He is also accused of persisting with costly operations longer than necessary, justifying them as battles of attrition when no decisive strategic advances were possible. At the Somme, his armies suffered more than 400,000 casualties for no significant gain. With the French still under pressure at Verdun, operations on the Somme were prolonged into the autumn, when poor weather meant the battlefield was little more than mud. Haig finally agreed to end the campaign on 18 November 1916, after nearly five months of battle. However, Haig displayed great tenacity during the crises in the spring of 1918 and acknowledged the value of a unified Allied command under Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Between 8 August 1918 and the end of the war, the forces led by Haig defeated the main body of the German Army in the greatest succession of victories in the British Army's history, a fact often obscured by his previous failures. He was created Earl Haig in 1919 and worked after the war to assist men who had served in it. In 1921, he helped establish the Earl Haig Fund, with the aim of providing help in time of need to all who served in the Armed Forces and their dependants. Douglas Haig died aged 66 in 1928' (Imperial War Museum website). Signed.…