Author: NICHOLLS, Jonathan.
Title: Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras, 1917.
Description: Pen & Sword Books, 2008. Paperback. zreprint. Tells the story of the spring offensive of April - May 1917, otherwise known as the Battle of Arras. It is overshadowed historically by following battles at Messines, then by the even more horrible Passchendaele. However, on the basis of the daily casualty rate it was the most lethal and costly British offensive battle of the First World War. With a wealth of eye-witness accounts one is left in no doubt that the survivor who described it as 'the most savage infantry battle of the war', did not exaggerate. Very good condition. B/W plates & illus. & fig. & maps, Append., Bibl., Index. 254pp. ISBN 9781844153268.

Keywords: 1st military spring offensive 1917 Battle Arras historically history battles Messines Passchendaele daily casualty rate lethal British offensive battle First World War politics