Fighting for the Butcher: British Troops Fighting in General Mangin's Xe Armée, July - August 1918

by Richard Willis

Called on by the allied Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch and part of General Alex Godley's XXII Corps, the British Reserve Corps, the 15th (Scottish) together with the under-prepared 34th Divisions were rushed by cattle train through the peaceful French countryside support the Franco-American offensive to take the fight to the Germans and strike back against the Boche.

General Charles Mangin, one of the heroes of Verdun, had twice been sacked and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915113687
• ISBN13: 9781915113689
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 246 Pages