1 Table of Contents: “... and the experience of war; 5. British strategy and the British army; 6. The Western Front, 1914; 7. The Western Front...”

2 “...Learning, innovation and adaptation are not concepts that we necessarily associate with the British...”

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4 “... military effectiveness of a British army which had climbed a painful 'learning curve' towards modern...”

5 “... and runners as the British army struggled to develop a communication system adequate enough to wage modern...”