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Narrow Gauge at War 2 by Keith Taylorson Soft Cover
Narrow Gauge at War 2 by Keith Taylorson
Narrow Gauge At War 2
Keith Taylorson
Soft Cover
116 pages
Copyright 1996
CONTENTS
PREFACE iv
INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION (Francais) 4
VORWORT (Deutsch) 7
Chapter One
LIGHT RAILWAY WORKING ON THE WESTERN FRONT 11
From the "Railway Gazette." September 1920
Chapter Two
"WHERE THE STRANGE ROADS GO DOWN" 31
Reminiscences of the British First Army Light Railways. 19/7-18
Chapter Three
ANZAC ENTERPRISE ON THE TWO FOOT GAUGE 47
The Australian Light Railway Operating Companies, 1917-78
Chapter Four
TRAMWAY TRACKS AND FOREST RAILS 57
The Canadian Tramway and Forestry Corps
Chapter Five
RAILROADERS ANSWER THE CALL 68
The US Army 12th Engineers Regiment in France, 1917-18
Chapter Six
BEHIND THE LINES IN THE ALTO ADIGE 79
Light Railways on theFront
Chapter Seven
LINES OF COMMUNICATION IN THE BALKANS 82
From the "Railway Gazette," September 1920
Chapter Eight
FROM SUEZ TO THE GATES OF PALESTINE 91
Light Railways in the Palestine-Arabian campaign
Chapter Nine
SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES 98
Disposals of WDLR equipment Wier 1919
APPENDICES 103
INTRODUCTION
Creation of a system of 60cm gauge light railways behind the British, French, German and (later) American front lines during World War 1 was brought about by the changing nature of war itself. Previous European wars were fought by small professional armies, which carried their supplies with them or lived off the land. Most strategists expected the war which erupted in 1914 to follow a similar pattern. But twentieth century technology was to shatter all the carefully laid plans.
By November 1914 the initial rapid German advance through Belgium had been checked at the first battle of Ypres, and in the centre of France the German armies were held, almost at the gates of Paris, by the French at the battle of the Marne. But casualties on all sides were heavy, and the tactical commanders - if, not yet, their High Commands - had come to appreciate the power of the machine gun and the artillery piece. These rendered cavalry obsolete overnight, and could decimate attacking infantry in awesome numbers.
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