ISBN10: 1843420880, ISBN13: 9781843420880, [publisher: Naval and Military Press] Softcover 2001 N & M reprint (original 1934). SB. xv + 361pp with 21 full colour illus 7 maps and two graphsPublished Price £25 The author of this book was a junior major in the Royal Engineers, stationed at the Depot in Chatham when war broke out. He went to France in October 1914 to 3 Base, Boulogne, but some three weeks later, 8th November, he was sent forward to 2nd Division where he took over 11 Fd Coy RE at Zillebeke.The C-in-C has therefore appointed Major Foulkes RE for this duty. He has no pretence to technical knowledge, as far as I know, and it is not considered that he need have very much. But he has had much experience at the front, and can explain generally what we need and how we can perhaps best use it.” In this fashion did Charles Howard Foulkes, a complete novice in the science of chemical warfare, become GHQ’s Gas Guru, responsible for the conduct of gas operations of the British Army in France and for planning, organising, raising and training what came to be known as the Special Brigade - part of the RE. .He certainly didn’t have much time to create a new unit and train it in a new aspect of warfare; the Battle of Loos, in which the British would first use gas, was only four months away. Volunteers with a knowledge of chemistry were sought among universities and colleges at home, as well as from the ranks of the BEF, with immediate promotion to ...
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Naval & Military Press Ltd, Date: 2001. Paperback. New. 376 pages. 9.13x6.14x1.18 inches. 2001. Naval & Military Press Ltd ISBN 1843420880 9781843420880 [GB]

Naval & Military Press Ltd 2001 New ed of 1934 ed. Softcover New 376 pages. 9.13x6.14x1.18 inches.

ISBN10: 1843420880, ISBN13: 9781843420880, [publisher: Naval And Military Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The author of this book was a junior major in the Royal Engineers, stationed at the Depot in Chatham when war broke out. He went to France in October 1914 to 3 Base, Boulogne, but some three weeks later, 8th November, he was sent forward to 2nd Division where he took over 11 Fd Coy RE at Zillebeke.The C-in-C has therefore appointed Major Foulkes RE for this duty. He has no pretence to technical knowledge, as far as I know, and it is not considered that he need have very much. But he has had much experience at the front, and can explain generally what we need and how we can perhaps best use it.' In this fashion did Charles Howard Foulkes, a complete novice in the science of chemical warfare, become GHQ's Gas Guru, responsible for the conduct of gas operations of the British Army in France and for planning, organising, raising and training what came to be known as the Special Brigade - part of the RE. .He certainly didn't have much time to create a new unit and train it in a new aspect of warfare; the Battle of Loos, in which the British would first use gas, was only four months away. Volunteers with a knowledge of chemistry were sought among universities and colleges at home, as well as from the ranks of the BEF, with immediate promotion to corporal - chemist corporal. A suitable base was found at ...