Walking Arras

The historic background and present-day battleground of a great-but often overlooked-battle fought by the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.

Walking Arras marks the final volume in a trilogy of walking books about the British sector of the Western Front, following Walking the Somme and Walking the Salient. 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 Somm...