Germany’s Western Front: 1915: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War

list of maps, sketches,and figures

list of maps, sketches, and figures  All maps and sketches have been translated and redrawn by Mark Humphries from the original German maps and sketches provided with Der Weltkrieg except where noted as follows. Maps 1 and 2 are based on maps originally printed in Frank M. McMurry, The Geography of the Great War (New York: Macmillan Co., 1919), figures 17 and 15. Maps 1, 2, and 3 and Sketches 11 and 20 have been adapted from larger fold-out maps from Der Weltkrieg. Sketch 9 is adapted from a map in Rudolf Hanslian-Bergendorff, Der Chemische Krieg (Berlin: E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1925), as well as from a larger fold-out map in Der Weltkrieg, Volume VIII. Map 1. The Western Front, 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlii Map 2. The Eastern Front, May 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii Map 3. The Balkans and Middle East at the End of 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliv Sketch 1. The Battle at Soissons, 12–14 January 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sketch 2. The Battle on the Chemin des Dames, 25–26 January 1915 . . . . . . 33 Sketch 3. The Winter Battle in Champagne: The Situation at the Beginning of the Battle, 24 December 1914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sketch 4. XVI Corps’ Battle in the Argonne, January–April 1915 . . . . . . . . . . 40 Sketch 5. The Winter Battle in Champagne: The Situation between Perthes and Beauséjour Farm on 24 February 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Sketch 6. The Winter Battle in Champagne: The Situation on 11 March 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Sketch 7. The Battle for the Combres Heights, February–April 1915 . . . . . . 62 Sketch 8. The Battle at Neuve Chapelle: The Situation on 10 March . . . . . . 65 Sketch 9. Fourth Army’s Gas Attack at Ypres: The German Advance between 22 April and 24 May 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Sketch 10. The Offensive Battles of Armee-Abteilung Strantz, 24 April to 7 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Sketch 11. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Situation on 9 May . . . . . . . . . . 172 Sketch 12. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Initial Objectives of the Enemy’s Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Sketch 13. The Spring Battle in Artois: The British Attack on 9 May . . . . . . 178 Sketch 14. The Spring Battle in Artois: The German Positions between Angres and St. Laurent on 12 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Sketch 15. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Situation of Sixth Army on 15 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Sketch 16. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Artillery Dispositions in Mid-May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Sketch 17. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Situation on 16 June . . . . . . . . . 203 Sketch 18. The Spring Battle in Artois: The Composition of Armee-Gruppe Lochow at Its Dissolution on 29 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Sketch 19. The Situation of Armee-Abteilung Strantz at the End of 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Sketch 20. The Autumn Battle in Artois: The Situation on 25 September 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Sketch 21. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: The Situation on 25 September 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Sketch 22. The Autumn Battle in Artois: The Situation between Souchez and Neuville St. Vaast at the Beginning of the French Offensive . . . . . . . . . 287 Sketch 23. The Autumn Battle in Artois: The German Positions Northwest of Hulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Sketch 24. The Autumn Battle in Artois: The German Attack at Loos on 8 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Sketch 25. The Autumn Battle in Artois: The French Attack on 11 October and the British Attack on 13 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Sketch 26. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: The Situation on 5 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Sketch 27. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: The Situation on 14 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 x list of maps, sketches, and figures Sketch 28. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: Situation Maps— 23 October and 21 November 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Sketch 29. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: The Situation South of St. Souplet on 12 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Sketch 30. The Autumn Battle in Champagne: The German Attack at Tahure on 30 October 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Sketch 31. The Situation in the Vosges at the End of 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Figure I. Munitions Trains Sent to the Field Army—May to December 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Figure II. Munitions Trains Required by the Field Army—May to December 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Figure III. GHQ Reserves Made Available by the Order of 20 October . . . . 347 Figure IV: GHQ Reserves—Western Front, December 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 list of maps, sketches, and figures xi This page intentionally left blank ...