Raiding on the Western Front by Anthony Saunders (Hardcover)

Raiding on the Western FrontAuthor(s): Anthony Saunders\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pen & Sword Military\nISBN-13: 9781848844858, 978-1848844858\nSynopsis\nThe trench raid came to typify the aggressive and close-combat nature of warfare on the Western Front. Inevitably, successful raiding had a significant psychological effect on the enemy and was a powerful way of exerting local domination in what was otherwise a static military situation. Equally, raiding had an effect on the morale of friendly troops but, as the author of this in-depth study reveals, not always a positive one. Successful raids buoyed spirits but unsuccessful ones could be detrimental because of the casualties sustained for no territorial gain and frequently provoked shelling from enemy artillery or mortars or tit-for-tat [url] came to be the epitome of all-arms operations, combining individual weapons skills with tactical sense and requiring cooperation wit.