Walking Arras marks the final volume in a trilogy of walking books
about the British sector of the Western Front. Paul Reed once more
takes us over paths trodden by men who were asked to make a huge -
and, for all too many, the ultimate - sacrifice.
The Battle of Arras falls between the Somme and Third Ypres; it
marked the first British attempt to storm the Hindenburg Line
defenses, and the first use of lessons learned from the events of
1916. But it remains a forgotten part of the Western Front. It also
remains one of the great killing battles of the Great War, with
such a high fatal casualty rate that a soldier's chances of
surviving Arras were much slimmer than even the Somme or
Passchendaele. Most soldiers who served in the Great War served at
Arras at some point; it was a name very much in the consciousness
of the survivors of the Great War. Ninety years later, while there
has been development at Arras, it is still an impressive
battlefield and one worthy of the attention of any Great War
enthusiast.
This book will give a lead in seeing the ground connected with
the fighting in 1917. Making a slight departure from the style of
the previous two walking books, the chapters look at the historical
background of an area and then separately describe a walk; with
supplementary notes about the associated cemeteries in that
region.
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