The trench raid came to typify the aggression and close-combat of
trench warfare on the Western Front. Inevitably, raiding by
aggressively minded units had a psychological effect on the enemy.
Dominance over the enemy could be established by aggressive
raiding. Equally, raiding had an effect on the morale of friendly
troops but not always a positive one. Successful raids buoyed
spirits but unsuccessful raids could be detrimental because of the
casualties sustained for no gain and raiding provoked retaliation
from enemy artillery or mortars or a tit-for-tat return raid. Raids
came to be the epitome of all-arms operations, combining individual
weapons skills with tactical sense and requiring cooperation with
artillery and mortar batteries for success. Yet, a raiding party
was an ad hoc all-arms combat team put together and trained for a
specific operation. In the early days of raiding, the raiders were
always volunteers but the steady toll of experienced soldiers led
to raiders being told off for the first task like any other. This
is the first book to look at how raids were carried out, the
successes, the failures, the consequences of raiding, their effect
on morale and their contribution to military operations on the
Western Front.
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