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[CONTENTS]

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[Introduction]ix
[German Preface]xxiii
[Preliminary Remarks]1
[The Theatre of Operations]13
[The Advance of the Fourth Army]19
[The Operations of the Fourth Army, 20th-31stOctober 1914]26
[The Attempt to break through south of Ypres]59
[The Operations of the Fourth Army from the endof October to the 9th November 1914]98
[The Last Phase]103
[Conclusion]126

[APPENDIX]

[Order of Battle of the Fourth Army]131
[Order of Battle of the Army Group Fabeck]132
[Order of Battle of the Group Gerok]133
[Order of Battle of the Army Group Linsingen]133
[INDEX]135

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[Dispositions on 20th October 1914]20
[The Attack of the Army Group Fabeck on 30th October 1914]67
[The Attack of the Army Group Fabeck on 31st October 1914]73
[The Capture of Messines on 31st October 1914]81
[The Capture of Dixmude on 10th November 1914]108
[The Attack of the Sixth Army on 11th November 1914]112
[The Attack of the 2nd Guard Division on 11th November 1914]115