Warfare
British Expeditionary Force
The formation of the British Army on the Western Front, which sent four infantry divisions and one cavalry division to France in August 1914 and was later reinforced to six infantry divisions. Field Marshal Sir John French commanded it until December 1915, when Sir Douglas Haig replaced him. The name stayed official throughout the war.
Mentioned in
- Chapter I The Long Fuse §9 Armies and War Plans
- Chapter III The War of Movement §1 Mobilization: Trains, Horses and Millions§4 The Battle of the Frontiers and the Great Retreat§5 The First Battle of the Marne§8 The Aisne, the Race to the Sea and First Ypres§10 The Christmas Truce and the Cost of 1914
- Chapter IV Deadlock §1 Why the Trenches? Firepower and the Shell Crisis
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §1 The Plan for 1916: Chantilly
- Chapter IX In the Trenches Overview§2 A Day in the Line: Stand-To, Rum and Relief§4 The Other Enemies: Rats, Lice, Mud and Cold§9 Who the Soldiers Were
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §1 Rifles and Machine Guns
- Chapter XI War on Waves and Wings §8 The Birth of Air Power: Scouts, Fighters and Aces