St. Quentin: Hindenburg Line
McPhail, Helen / Guest, Phillip
The story of St. Quentin is a rather different one from others in the Battleground Europe series. The French town was not the scene of just a single battle, but played a role throughout World War I. St. Quentin was the scene of several gallant actions by both British cavalry and infantry during the fighting retreat of 1914. The onset of trench warfare found St. Quentin well behind German lines.In early 1917 the Germans withdrew from the villag...