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Lord God of Battles, aid! High lust and froward bearing, Proud heart, rebellious brow— Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now! The sinner that forswore Thee, The fool that passed Thee by, Our times are known before Thee— Lord, grant us strength to die!
Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war ...
B. Battle for Baby 700; Fall of Baghdad (1917) Battle of Baku; Battle of Banjo; Second Battle of Bapaume; Battle of Basra (1914) Battle of Daraa (1918) Battle of El Tor (1915)
The first major battle took place off Heligoland on August 28 and ended with a victory for the Royal Navy. Further battles followed off Texel and Yarmouth, which the British were also able to win. Nevertheless, the situation developed to the disadvantage of the British.
French attack from a trench at the Battle of Verdun, 1916; British artillery in action at the Battle of the Somme, 1916; U.S. troops and Renault FT tanks during the Hundred Days Offensive, 1918; British Vickers machine gun crew wearing gas masks during the Battle of the Somme, 1916; Ottoman Arab camel corps leaving for the Middle Eastern front ...
The British Indian Army formed a core part of the British Empire and participated in a few battles during World War I, including the Battle of Gallipoli. In these battles, Sikh soldiers specifically served with great distinction and extraordinary bravery which was praised by British officials. [7]
A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (1971) 654 pages excerpt; Highly detailed bibliography and discussion up to 1970; includes local and naval forces. James, Lawrence. Warrior Race: A History of the British at War (Hachette UK, 2010). excerpt; Johnson, Douglas, et al. Britain and France: Ten Centuries (1980)
There were no oil wells in Britain so everything was imported. The U.S. pumped two-thirds of the world's oil. In 1917, total British consumption was 827 million barrels, of which 85 percent was supplied by the United States, and 6 percent by Mexico. [151] The great issue in 1917 was how many tankers would survive the German U-boats.