Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 6
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 1914: The Outbreak of War and the Response in Wales 9
Chapter 2 The Battle of Mons and the Retreat from Mons 20
Chapter 3 The Home Front and the Expansion of the Army 33
Chapter 4 The Battles of the Marne and the Aisne 42
Chapter 5 China: The Landings at Lao Shan Bay and the Siege of Tsingtao 58
Chapter 6 The First Battle of Ypres 64
Chapter 7 The Raising of the 38th and 53rd (Welsh) Divisions 107
Chapter 8 1915: The Escalation of the War. More Welsh Units Arrive 121
Chapter 9 The Raising of the Welsh Guards 137
Chapter 10 The Second Battle of Ypres 145
i The Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge 150
ii The Battle of St Julien 154
iii The Battle of Frezenberg 159
iv The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge 164
Chapter 11 Gallipoli: The Landings 174
Chapter 12 The Sinking of the Lusitania 194
Chapter 13 The Battles of Aubers Ridge and Festubert 203
Chapter 14 Gallipoli: Sari Bair and the Landings at Suvla 217
Chapter 15 The Aden Protectorate 240
Chapter 16 The Prelude to the Battle of Loos 245
Chapter 17 The Battle of Loos 254
Chapter 18 Gallipoli: The Final Months and the Evacuation 284
Chapter 19 The Western Front: After Loos and the arrival of the 38th (Welsh) Division 292
Conclusion 305
Bibliography 307
Index 309