CHEERFUL SACRIFICE: THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 1917 (Pbk)

The story of the spring offensive in April-May 1917, otherwise known as the Battle of Arras. This battle has not received the attention it deserves, yet, as the author points out, on the basis of the daily casualty rate it was the most lethal and costly British offensive battle of the First World War In the thirty-nine days that the battle lasted the average casualty rate was far higher than at either the Somme or Passchendaele.