1 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 May 1916 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1231)

684 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 1st Division, covering May 1916 to December 1916 across 668 pages. It names 17 places across 25 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 122 reports, narratives and plans, 194 Operation Orders, two appendices, nine maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendix "A" (Report of operations by 2nd Infantry Brigade on the Triangle 30.6.15; Report on operations of 3rd Infantry Brigade on night of 16th/17th July 1916; Report on operations of 1st Division on 20th August, in S. 3. a. & b; Intelligence Summaries; 1st. Division Intelligence Summary; 1st. Division Fortnightly Intelligence Summary, 1st.-15th. May; Divisional operation orders; Headquarters, 1st Division. report on the attack on the triangle; Headquarters, 1st Division. Further report on attack on the triangle Appx "A"; With reference to 1st Division order No. 158 dated 9/7/16; III Corps operation orders; Addendum No. 1. to III Corps operation order No. 81.The diary opens at Braquemont on 1 May 1916. 1916 is spent at Braquemont, Fricourt Farm, Head Qrs. Noeux Les Mines, Moyenneville and Albert. It closes at Fricourt Farm on 31 December 1916. Braquemont is where it spent longest, 31 days, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Montigny three separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Fricourt Farm.In 1916 it is also recorded at Noeux Les Mines, Bruay, Flesselles, Fleselles St. Gratien, St. Gratien, Moulin Vivier, Montigny, E. 9. Central and Baizieux.

• Reihe: War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Erster Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781474502184
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press