TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

ABOUT THE BOOK

TITLE PAGE

MAPS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

‘A stealth raid is made up on the spot by a group of determined men’

CHAPTER ONE

‘A sort of Company Competition’

Formal fighting patrols versus stealth raiding on the Somme, 26 March to 17 May 1918

CHAPTER TWO

‘We gave them a bit of stoush’

The origin of stealth raids at Hazebrouck, 22 April to 28 May 1918

CHAPTER THREE

‘A golden opportunity’

The evolution of stealth raiding on the Somme, 18 May to 4 July 1918

CHAPTER FOUR

‘This is an opportunity for a few daring men’

The evolution of stealth raiding near Hazebrouck, 28 May to 28 June 1918

CHAPTER FIVE

‘More or less an experiment’

Stealth raids inspire orders for ‘peaceful penetration’ on the Somme, 5 to 17 July 1918

CHAPTER SIX

‘Today is a great day … one quite unprecedented in the war’

The climax of stealth raiding at Hazebrouck, 29 June to 1 August 1918

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘The Tommy Captain nearly fell on their necks and kissed them’

Stealth raids after the 8 August offensive

CONCLUSION

‘Something unique in the fighting line’

NOTES AND REFERENCES

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF SEARCHABLE TERMS

PICTURE SECTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT NOTICE