Before Endeavours Fade  
A Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War
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"...still provides detailed historical and travel information that supplements and enhances internet resources." — Journal of Military History

From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne: all the major battlefields of the First World War — Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St Quentin, Mons, Le Cateau, Reims, Verdun and St Mihiel — are criss-crossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Every significant feature is described in detail. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years.

After the Battle’s editor, Karel Margry, has traveled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as well as re-photographing every ­memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavor of Rose’s original concept...before endeavors fade.
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"...still provides detailed historical and travel information that supplements and enhances internet resources." — Journal of Military History

From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne: all the major battlefields of the First World War — Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St Quentin, Mons, Le Cateau, Reims, Verdun and St Mihiel — are criss-crossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Every significant feature is described in detail. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years.

After the Battle’s editor, Karel Margry, has traveled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as well as re-photographing every ­memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavor of Rose’s original concept...before endeavors fade.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Demarcation Stones
  • The Poppy Legend
  • Battlefield Debris
  • CALAIS TO YPRES Route I via Bergues
  • CALAIS TO YPRES Route II via Cassel
  • CALAIS TO YPRES Route III via St Omer
  • ZEEBRUGGE TO YPRES The Yser Battlefield
  • Battles of the Ypres Salient 1914-1918 Summary
  • YPRES
  • YPRES SALIENT BATTLEFIELD TOUR
    • Route I The Northern Sector
    • Route II The North-Eastern Sector
    • Route III The Eastern Sector
    • Route IV The South-Eastern Sector
    • Route V The Rear Areas
  • THE ROAD SOUTH
  • ARRAS
  • THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR
  • ARRAS TO CAMBRAI Route I via Monchy-le-Preux
  • ARRAS TO CAMBRAI Route II via Bullecourt
  • FIVE ROUTES TO MONS
  • MONS
  • MONS BATTLEFIELD TOUR
  • MONS TO LE CATEAU
  • LE CATEAU
  • LE CATEAU TO AMIENS
  • AMIENS TO CALAIS Route I via Abbeville
  • AMIENS TO CALAIS Route II via St Pol-sur-Ternoise
  • ST QUENTIN TO REIMS
    • The Chemin des Dames and the Champagne Battlefields
  • REIMS TO VERDUN The Argonne Battlefield
  • VERDUN
  • VERDUN BATTLEFIELD TOUR
  • THE ST MIHIEL SALIENT
  • REIMS TO COMPIÈGNE
  • THE BATTLE OF FROMELLES
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