Ribeiro De Meneses, Filipe
(2017)
Anglo-Portuguese relations on the Western Front: the
Portuguese Expeditionary Corps and the British High
Command (Part II).
First World War Studies, 8 (2).
pp. 189-204.
ISSN 1947-5020
Abstract
The winter of 1917–1918 was a difficult time for the men and officers of
the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps [C.E.P.]. Its two divisions were now
fighting side by side in Flanders, but were no longer receiving regular
reinforcements from Portugal, where a coup d’état had replaced the
committed interventionist leadership of Afonso Costa and Norton de
Matos with Sidónio Pais’ ‘New Republic’, which prioritized domestic
concerns. Despite this change and an ensuing Anglo-Portuguese
agreement to lessen the C.E.P.’s front, allowing only one division to
remain in the trenches, the Portuguese corps in its entirety remained
in situ until early April 1918 when, in the face of a looming German
offensive, it began to be withdrawn. Serious questions remain
regarding the timing of this withdrawal and its link to the Battle of
the Lys, on 9 April, which saw the Portuguese Second Division wiped
out in the course of a single morning’s fighting.
Item Type: |
Article
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Keywords: |
Portuguese Expeditionary
Corps; Western Front;
command; combat; Battle of
the Ly; |
Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
Item ID: |
12957 |
Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2017.1393346 |
Depositing User: |
Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses
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Date Deposited: |
21 May 2020 10:11 |
Journal or Publication Title: |
First World War Studies |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: |
Yes |
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